The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Globalupfront Newspaper (Online), Madu Onuorah, has been abducted by the police from his house in the Lugbe area of Abuja.
The management of the online news platform, in a statement on Thursday, said Mr Onuorah was whisked away at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the presence of his wife and children.
He was taken away by “stern looking operatives,” according to the management of the news platform.
It further said Mr Onuorah was neither shown an arrest warrant nor told the reason behind his arrest upon request from the family. He was also denied contact with his lawyer.
“About ten fully-armed policemen stormed his residence in Lugbe, Abuja, in two Sienna buses.
“He was arrested in the presence of his wife and children who fruitlessly demanded from the police why they were arresting the head of the family.
“The police have seized Mr. Onuorah’s phones, thereby completely cutting him off from communication with people, including his family members.
“He was not even allowed to contact his lawyer or any of his relations before he was whisked away to the Lugbe police station by the stern looking operatives, ” the statement said.
Report quoted the Spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, lsaid as saying, it was not the command that arrested Mr Onuorah but that of Ebonyi State.
Mr Onuorah’s arrest comes few months after a former General Editor of First Mail, Segun Olatunji, was similarly abducted from his Lagos home by the military. He was released after about three weeks.
