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Police Release Journalist Wife After Detention Drama Wey Make Sense!

Na real telemundo matter wey don unfold for Ikorodu o! Na police matter we dey yarn again, and no be small wahala wey don happen for this side.

So, e be like say the Nigeria Police don carry the wahala enter another level as dem don release Adenike Atanda, wey na di wife of Sodeeq Atanda, di sharp investigative journalist wey dey work for Foundation for Investigative Journalism. Dem detain am with her nine-month-old baby for Owutu police station wey dey Lagos State. Na wetin happen? Chai!

According to FIJ, dem don release Adenike and di baby just after police arrest her husband, Sodeeq. Na wah! Dem use di wife and pikin to catch their papa wahala.

Adenike talk say police officers even tell her make she call Sodeeq come talk say di pikin dey sick and dem don carry am go hospital. Di plan na to lure am out! When Sodeeq come near, dem rush am, handcuff am, and carry am go. Na so dem release Adenike and di baby. E be like movie abeg!

Sodeeq later collect his own share of wahala as dem carry am go Force Headquarters wey dey Obalende. Dem hold am there for several hours before dem finally release am just before midnight. Na serious investigation matter wey dey follow all dis kain nonsense o!

But e no end there! Di IGP Kayode Egbetokun don vex well well as he hear di matter. In fact, he don give order make dem release Sodeeq immediately after him hear wetin happen from di International Press Institute (IPI). According to police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin, di IGP no gree make any rubbish happen wey fit disrespect press freedom.

Di whole gist don pepper di journalists wey dey follow di matter toss, because this na not di first time Sodeeq go face police wahala. E don receive plenty arrests because of him reports wey dey expose di other side of di story for Nigeria.

Na wetin go happen be say, di arrest of journalists dey increase for Nigeria, and people dey talk say dis kind of tactics na just to intimidate dem. Activists and human rights groups dey urge di police make dem stop di wahala, release journalists wey dem don arrest for just carrying out their work, and respect di commitment wey dem don make to protect press freedom.

Di matter engage everybody, as e don turn to hot topic for social media and everywhere wey people dey talk about how dem fit help journalists when dem dey face wahala for work.


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