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Police Arrest, Fly Journalist From Akwa Ibom To Abuja Over Facebook Post (Read)
Mr. Jerry Edoho, a young journalist , who is the Deputy Editor of Ibom Nation Newspaper, a local publication , was arrested by plain clothed police men and forcibly taken to the Federal Capital over a post he allegedly put up on his Facebook page involving Dana Air.
He had written , “Rumor via social media ( Facebook ) has it that Dana Air enroute Abj -Lag with 153 passengers crashed killing all on board . Please could someone help verify the authenticity of this shocking report ? Below is ( the ) pix from the scene as uploaded on my wall .”
But following a petition by Dana Air to the police authorities in Abuja after the said photograph became a hot topic of discussion among a section of Facebook users ; Edoho was arrested in Uyo on Friday and taken to the FCT on a Dana flight scheduled to leave by 4 pm.
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong who met the journalist at the airport confirmed the incident to Saturday PUNCH around 8 pm on Friday shortly before leaving Uyo for Lagos.
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