Abducted Editor of FirstNews Online Newspaper, Segun Olatunji has regained freedom after spending 12 days in custody.
Following concerns about his whereabouts, the International Press Institute, IPI Nigeria, revealed that the editor was in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA, an agency under the command of Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, who reports to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Chris Musa.
Shortly after the IPI made this disclosure, the Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, told some editors that the military had confirmed that the editor was in their custody.
Olatunji was released to the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, on Thursday morning, according to a message by the Secretary of the Guild, Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren.
