Premium Times Journalist, Ogundipe Released

A Premium Times journalist, Samuel Ogundipe, who was detained by the Nigeria Police, has been granted bail.

Ogundipe was detained on Tuesday for possessing “classified documents” sent by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo over the sack of the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) Lawal Daura.

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A Magistrate Court in Kubwa, Abuja ordered that Ogundipe be released.

Magistrate Abdulwahab Mohammed of the Kubwa Grade 1 Magistrate Court had first heard the case on Wednesday after Ogundipe was secretly arraigned.

Magistrate Mohammed granted a request by the police that the journalist be detained for five days until August 20.

However on Friday morning, Ogundipe’s lawyer requested for bail and his prayer was granted by the court.

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Mohammed granted the bail in the sum of N500,000 and a surety who must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction.

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