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Police Whisk Online Newspaper Editor, Madu, Away In Gestapo Style

Policemen reportedly storm the residence of the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Globalupfront online Newspaper, Madu Onuorah, yesterday, May 22, whisking him away in a gestapo style.

About ten fully-armed policemen stormed his residence in Lugbe, Abuja, in two Sienna buses at about 6pm.
He was taken away in the presence of his wife and children who fruitlessly demanded from the police why they were arresting the head of the family.
The police seized his phones, thereby completely cutting him off from communication with people, including his family members.
Information reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper said that Onuorah was not allowed to contact his lawyer or any of his relations before he was whisked away to the Lugbe police station by the stern looking operatives.
It was learnt that the policemen who arrested him are not of the Lugbe Police Station, but simply dumped him at the Station and left no traces for friends and family members to reach them.
Meanwhile, the Management of Globalupfront online Newspapers has confirmed the arrest of its boss, saying: “the Police should release Mr. Madu Onuorah immediately and unconditionally.
“That Mr. Onuorah is an experienced Journalist, former Abuja Bureau Chief of The Guardian Newspaper, former Managing-Director of The AUTHORITY Newspaper, who operates within the ambit of the law.
“That anybody who has any issue against Mr. Onuorah should approach the law court and not turn the Nigerian Police into a Gestapo outfit that bullies a man in the presence of his wife and children.
“That any second Mr. Onuorah spends in police custody constitutes a serious infringement against his fundamental rights and a continuation of the assault on freedom of expression that has become frequent occurrence in Nigeria recently.”

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