Samuel Ogundipe, a journalist with Premium Times, who was arrested and detained by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force has been released.
He was released on Friday morning after he was granted bail by Abdulwahab Mohammed, the Magistrate of the Kubwa Grade 1 Magistrate Court in Abuja.
The judge granted a bail in the sum of N500,000 and a surety, resident within the jurisdiction of the court.
Ogundipe was released after the bail conditions were met.
His arrest, which sparked outrage within and outside Nigeria, according to the Police, was premised on his refusal to disclose his source for the story he wrote on the IGP’s recommendations to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on the invasion of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department for State Services.
His arrest was also protested by Nigerians, who marched to the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday to demand his release.
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