From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) has called for the immediate release of the General Editor, FirstNews, Mr Segun Olatunj, who is reported to have been picked by yet-to-be-identified security agents on Friday, March 15, 2024.
AMDF, a media rights group in a statement by its Manager, Press Freedom, Zhiroh Samuel Jatau, called on all security agencies to look into the matter and take all necessary actions to bring Olatunji back home safe and in full sanity.
It said: “Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) received with dismay the abduction of the General Editor, FirstNews, Mr Segun Olatunji, on Friday 15th March 2024.
“We spoke with his wife, Oluwatosin Alice Olatunji, his brother, Tolu Olatunji and his colleagues. From our discussions, no one has a clear picture of who and why the journalist was abducted and no agency has taken responsibility for his disappearance.
“However, we have seen statements by other concerned bodies linking the abduction to a story he wrote. We can’t substantiate that, but the appearance and commando nature of the abduction appears to be related to his journalism work.
“AMDF calls on all security agencies in Nigeria to look into the matter with utmost urgency and take all necessary actions to bring Mr Olatunji back home safe and in full sanity.”
“However, we have seen statements by other concerned bodies linking the abduction to a story he wrote. We can’t substantiate that, but the appearance and commando nature of the abduction appears to be related to his journalism work.
“AMDF calls on all security agencies in Nigeria to look into the matter with utmost urgency and take all necessary actions to bring Mr Olatunji back home safe and in full sanity.”
