(WiPC/IFEX) – WiPC, International PEN reports that journalists Akinwumi Adesokan and Jenkins Alumona were both released on 31 December 1997. Alumona, editor of “The News”, was arrested in Lagos on 8 November 1997. Adesokan, novelist and former literary correspondent for “The News”, was arrested on 12 November 1997. **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 and 4 […]
(WiPC/IFEX) – WiPC, International PEN reports that journalists Akinwumi
Adesokan and Jenkins Alumona were both released on 31 December 1997.
Alumona, editor of “The News”, was arrested in Lagos on 8 November 1997.
Adesokan, novelist and former literary correspondent for “The News”, was
arrested on 12 November 1997.
**Updates IFEX alerts of 23 and 4 December and 25 and 11 November 1997**
