Leadership Newspapers journalists, Tony Amokoedo and Chibuizor
Ukaibe, were Tuesday slammed with a ten-count charge of forgery before
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s
capital.
They were re-arrested Monday and detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, detention centre in Abuja.
Leadership
Newspapers journalists, Tony Amokoedo and Chibuizor Ukaibe, docked on a
ten-count charge of forgery before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal
High Court in Abuja, Tuesday.
The had earlier been detained
last week for publishing a report on a ‘presidential directive’ to
attack key party leaders of the opposition parties.
The
Presidency, smarting from the embarrassing report, had disowned the
document, claiming it was forged and this prompted the police to compel
the journalists to disclose the source of their information.
After
they were detained for more than 24 hours last week released on bail,
they were asked to report to the police every working day.
It was in the course of honouring that invitation that they were re-arrested yesterday and charged to court today.
The
journalists had sued the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed
Abubakar, claiming the sum of N10 million each for breach of their
fundamental human right.
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