An Ogun State High Court judge in Ota Division, Justice N. I. Agbelu,
yesterday ordered the arrest and detention of seven journalists who
planned to cover the trial of a murder suspect, Mutairu Owoeye.
Agbelu
said the court was not a public place. “I am a judge; I have an
unlimited jurisdiction in the state. I can even say somebody should be
arrested without question,” the judge was quoted as saying.
The journalists, who were apprehended by policemen on the premises of
Ota High Court 1 in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, were held in
detention for over three hours. They were Daud Olatunji (Vanguard),
Samuel Awoyinfa (The Punch), Ernest Nwokolo (The Nation), Abiodun Taiwo
(Daily Times), Suleiman Fasasi (Nigerian Pilot), Wale Adelaja (TVC) and
Johnson Akinpelu (Alaroye).
The journalists had arrived the court about 11:44am to make inquiry
in respect of two matters – cases involving victims of Pakoto demolition
and murder in Oke-Ore community, which were believed to have been
listed for hearing yesterday at the court. It was gathered that the
journalists, who arrived in two vehicles, pulled up quietly and had
hardly alighted when a policeman accosted them and demanded their
identification. When they said they were journalists, the policeman
reportedly returned to his duty post.
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