The police, on Friday, held PREMIUM TIMES judiciary reporter Ameh Ejekwonyilo at their office at the Supreme Court in Abuja for about four hours for using his phone to film a scene on the court premises.
Two of the police officers – Peter Ekele and Mary Ogbome – attached to the Supreme Court police station, seized Mr Ejekwonyilo’s phone and took him to their nearby office on the court premises.
“The police officers seized my mobile phone. They arrested me at about 11:35 am. I repeatedly asked for my offence, but they could not tell me any,” Mr Ejekwonyilo narrated. “It took the intervention of my editors, the Director of Information of the Supreme Court, Festus Akande, and the Police Public Relation Officer, Force Headquarters, Muyiwa Adejobi before they released me at about 3:30 p.m.”
