A High Court in Gombe has stopped the state government and the police from arresting the publisher of Daylight Reporters, Dahiru Hassan – Kera, who was declared a “persona non grata” by the government.
The Daylight Reporters is an online news medium in Gombe and the publisher has written a series of articles against the Gombe state government and the governor, Inuwa Yahaya.
In his ruling on the case with suit no: GM/145M/2022, the judge, H.H Kerang, said the invitation and threats to arrest the publisher are a breach of the publisher’s fundamental rights.