…Says, “I don’t know how I survived it
A female journalist, Azuka Ogujiuba, has revealed that she was locked up in the cell by the office of the Inspector General of Police for three days without food, saying that she did not know how she survived it.
Ogujiuba, who revealed her predicament while giving details of how and why the Office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun incarcerated her, said that when she demanded to speak to her family or lawyer, the police refused.
Ogujiuba, who is thew founder of Media Room Hub, said two officers orchestrated her detention for three days over the publication of a court injunction on her Instagram page.
According to her; “Lots of journalists have been detained unlawfully for doing nothing. You will never understand until it happens to you.
“I got a letter from the Inspector General of Police Office inviting me.
“I went there on August 6.
“The people in charge of the case were Moses Jolugbo and Ifeoma Ogoli.
“I have high regards for the police, and I respect the constitution. That was why I went.
“It was Adewale Oladapo that petitioned against me for cyberbullying and defamation of character.
“They showed me my Instagram page (media-hub), where I published a court injunction.
“I told them what I published was not cyberbullying but a court injunction.
“I told them that I didn’t write it, but the court approved it and that I am not the only media that published it and that close to 20 media houses published it.
“I asked: ‘Why am I the only one being petitioned?’
“They asked me to get a surety, and I left.
“Two days later, I was in the office for an exclusive interview when the two police officers who interrogated me the other day showed up.
“They chased me like a terrorist, harassed me, and dragged my phone.
“Even the person that I interviewed thought they were kidnappers.
“They took me to their office almost 45 minutes. They didn’t say anything.
“They later confronted me that I didn’t bring down the court injunction that I published.
“I was traumatised.
“I couldn’t sleep.
“I am sure the IGP is not aware that such a thing is happening in his office.
“Misused authority was used on me.
“They are giving the Nigerian police a bad name.
“I know that my detention was orchestrated by Moses Jolugbo and Ifeoma Ogoli.
“The policemen pointed guns at me, and I had no choice but to obey,” she sdaid.
