Shehu Sani demands release of Premium Times’ Samuel Ogundipe

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The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani on Wednesday reacted to the detention of Premium Times’ reporter, Samuel Ogundipe.

DAILY POST recalls that the police arrested Ogundipe on Wednesday over a report Premium Times published on the probe of sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Lawal Daura.

Senator Sani has now taken to his official Twitter page @shehusani to call for the journalist’s release, stressing that the press is the fortress and the bastion of democracy.

His tweet reads, “I stand for Samuel Ogundipe and I call for his unconditional release.Free press is the fortress and the Bastion of [email protected] @AmnestyNigeria”



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