(RSF/IFEX) – Imo Eze, director of the “Ebonyi Voice” daily newspaper, and one of his journalists, Oluwole Elenyinmi, were released provisionally on 25 August 2006 in accordance with an agreement reached previously between Ebonyi State Governor Sam Egwu and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Their release came a day after Reporters Without Borders wrote […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Imo Eze, director of the “Ebonyi Voice” daily newspaper, and one of his journalists, Oluwole Elenyinmi, were released provisionally on 25 August 2006 in accordance with an agreement reached previously between Ebonyi State Governor Sam Egwu and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Their release came a day after Reporters Without Borders wrote to the governor asking him to respect the agreement. Their trial on charges of conspiracy, sedition and libelling the governor is due to resume on 5 September.
