Some personal computers and documents belonging to Chief
Jones Abiri, the publisher of the Weekly Source, who was also arrested over undisclosed
offences at the weekend by security operatives suspected to be
members of the Department of the State Services (DSS), were carted away, ITRealms reports.
ITRealms gathered that the armed security operatives, arrived
the publishing house in the early hours of Thursday in three cars with
registration numbers SAG 391AA, PBT 480 AA and Lagos 193 DN, disregarded questions
from Journalists and members of the Nigeria Union of Journlaists (NUJ) and bundled
the publisher to an unknown destination.
Also, correspondent learnt that after much pressure from the
Journalists present at the scene, one of the security operative simply uttered
that Chief Abiri was arrested on national security issues.
An eye witness informed that the security men made away with
several documents from Abiri’s office and left with the publisher, “while the
search lasted, the security personnel didn’t allow anyone into the office.”
Attempts by some colleagues from the Nigerian Union of
Journalists (NUJ) to confirm the whereabout of Abiri was not successful as the
State headquarters of the DSS and other relevant security agencies denied
knowledge of the arrest.
“We have searched and could not trace his whereabouts. But a
source at the DSS said no security agent can come to the state and effect any
arrest without prior information to them,”
the source was quoted.
Uboshe Uboshe with additional reports from 247UReport/GEE
Pix: Acting IGP Ibrahim Kpotun Idris
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