The Independent Newspapers' Abuja Bureau Chief, Tony
Ezimakor, has been in detention of the Department of State Services (DSS) since
Wednesday, reports ITRealms.
Ezimakor, according to the management of Independent had
walked into DSS headquarters in Abuja about 10.30am on Wednesday to honour an
invitation from the security agency, but has held on to him for the second day
running.
He was shunted from one office to the other on Wednesday and
was asked to wait for a particular officer who was said to have been away from
his office.
The Independent management had made frantic efforts through
its lawyer, Douglas Ekhator, since Wednesday to see the detained Ezimakor but with
little result.
As at Thursday evening, the Independent management had
received no news about Ezimakor, though Ekhator returned to the DSS office on
Thursday morning.
The management in a statement said: “One thing is certain,
Mr. Ezimakor was not given his medication though the lawyer who took it to him
late Wednesday.
“We hereby alert the world to this real and present danger
that Mr. Ezimakor is a high blood pressure patient and apart from taking his
drugs, needs to see his doctors at very short notice.
“The implication is very clear; any outfit holding him for
days is endangering his life.
“We reiterate that Mr. Ezimakor’s wife said the husband left
home on Wednesday without medication and did not eat any food before leaving
home Wednesday morning.
“She lamented that her husband’s health must be in grave
danger, especially as DSS operatives have denied him access to his prescribed
drugs.
“INDEPENDENT, therefore, is asking for its Abuja Bureau
Chief’s immediate and unconditional release, otherwise his life is in serious
danger.”
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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