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NPF_NCCC Still Holding Daniel Ojukwu’s Passport for More than 3 months

By vicky684 Wednesday 11th of September 2024

Daniel Ojukwu, an FIJ journalist who was abducted by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) on May 1, is still without documents of international travel as NPF-NCCC has not released his passport.

When the police bailed him out, Ojukwu s travel document was seized by the police on the pretext that he will now be in a position to run away and not ever return.

For three months, the police have refused to surrender this document and are yet to arraign him before the courts.

In May, FIJ took the police to court in Lagos over the infringement of Ojukwu’s human rights, which the organization believed was fundamental, and looking for remedial action against the police. The next hearing on the case was scheduled for 29th October.

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Ojukwu was abducted by the NPF-NCCC somewhere in Lagos. For the next five days, he remained in the banks of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti to be tormented. Afterwards, NPF-NCCC moved him over to the NCCC office in Abuja. Afterward in the same city Ojukwu was transferred to the Force Criminal Investigation Department.

Only after media attention and a protest was Ojukwu bailed out on May 10.

Ojukwuyp has shown up at the NCCC office on several occasions since then, he has not received a date for court.

The IGP also invited ‘Fisayo Soyombo, the editor-in-chief and founder of FiJ for interrogation and he was granted bail after some time on 14th august.

Ade Adefulire is a Senior Special Assistant to the President:(SGD) on Sustainable Development Goals who has alleged cyber stalked Ojukwu.

Bringing as defense sections invalidated in the Cybercrime Act of 2015 by the police authorities claimed that a publication which explains how the procurement contracts awarded by Orelope-Adefulire’s office were awarded illegally in law was defamatory to the woman.