Police in Abuja have released Cross River Watch publisher Agba Jalingo, who was arrested at his home in Lagos on Friday.
Omoyele Sowore, the editor of Sahara Reporters, who shared a video of Mr Jalingo’s release on his Facebook page on Saturday night, said the FCT police command had granted the journalist bail.
“He’ll be back on Monday.
We will never allow impunity to flourish in our country,” Mr Sowore said.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State police spokesman, had confirmed that Mr Jalingo had been arrested by Abuja police.
“In fact, they took him to our Lagos facility before going to Abuja,” Mr Hundeyin, a police superintendent, had said.
On Saturday, human rights lawyer Femi Falana called for Mr Jalingo’s “unconditional release”.
Mr Jalingo, the editor of Cross-River Watch, was arrested in August 2019 for accusing Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade of diverting N500 million belonging to the state.
He was charged with terrorism, high treason and cybercrime and jailed for about 179 days despite global outrage over the action.
In July 2021, the ECOWAS Court in Abuja ordered the federal government to pay the publisher N$N30 million in compensation for his ill-treatment and torture during his detention.
In March 2022, a federal superior court in Calabar dismissed charges of terrorism, treason and cybercrime against him.
