Daily Trust Deputy Editor detained in Niger Republic

Danjuma Lawan Adamu, the Deputy Editor of Daily Trust is in detention in Niger Republic.

The Deputy Editor was arrested while on an investigative assignment to the country to find out the route used by Nigerian youth to migrate to European countries.

Niger security officials are detaining Danjuma over allegations of inappropriate travel documents.

Speaking of his arrest, Danjuma was quoted as saying: “I got necessary travel approvals from the Nigerien consulate in Kano, Nigeria and at every checkpoint; I presented them upon request and was allowed to proceed. I had passed up to 10 checkpoints and was cleared accordingly until I approached Agadez. The security alleged that the document authorizing my journey was signed but wasn’t stamped.

I have been detained since then and am left wondering how I should be punished for a fault of no mine. As an experienced cross border reporter, Lawan Danjuma sought and got the relevant documentation from the Kano Consulate office of the Nigerien embassy after stating his mission to Agadez.”

Daily Trust executive director/editor-in-chief Malam Mannir Dan Ali, said: “It was the same documentation that he used at different check points including the Nigeria/Niger border post at Kongolom, Katsina state and was only stopped and arrested on reaching Agadez”.

“We see the arrest as an infringement of his right as an ECOWAS citizen and have since reached the Nigerien authorities to ask for the release of the reporter. We are shocked that more than 24 hours after the arrest, he still is being held and his freedom is being curtailed”

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