25 July 2026
States

Ekiti Police Release Journalist Petitioned by FUOYE Vice-Chancellor

Sodiq Atanda, the journalist who was detained at the Ekiti State Police Command headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, has been released. His detention followed a petition filed by the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof Abayomi Fasina, who is currently on leave. Fasina accused the reporter of defamation, blackmail, and cyberbullying. Atanda, a senior investigative

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States

Ekiti Police Detain Journalist After FUOYE Vice-Chancellor Petition

The Ekiti State Police Command has detained Sodiq Atanda, a senior reporter with Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), after a petition by Prof Abayomi Fasina, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), who is currently on leave. The petition, filed through the law firm T. S. Adegboyega & Co., accuses the journalist and FIJ

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