Mbu denies detaining AIT reporter
71 views · Published 10 October 2014 · 1:50 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: TV360 Nigeria · 2014 · News & Politics
The Zone 7 Police Command headquarters, Abuja, has denied detaining any reporter with the African Independent Television, saying he was merely interrogated for about five hours and then released. Spokesman for the Zone, Chidi Nzota, in a statement Thursday explained that the reporter was not kept in a cell or beaten by hardened criminals as he alleged, he says the journalist identified as Amaechi Anekwe was just questioned and let go. The denial comes days after an Abuja Magistrate’s Court discharged Anekwe for addressing the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, Abuja, Joseph Mbu, as “controversial.
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