2023 Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said, the assurance by “this administration to uphold press freedom and respect public opinion is hollow and do not match with the actions of state agencies”.
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| 2023 Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar |
Atiku said: “Only yesterday, this administration assured that it will always uphold press freedom and respect public opinions. But those words are hollow and do not match with the actions of state agencies. Just last week, Precious Eze was abducted by security agents in his Gbagada home in Lagos. There was no word to explain his whereabouts and why he was being detained until Nigerians started to raise an alert about the plight of Precious. Notwithstanding what the young man may have done, the agencies of the state must let his family, friends, and indeed Nigerians know about his whereabouts. This aligns with the spirit of democracy, freedom of speech and respect for journalists to do their jobs of holding government to account without jackboot intimidation.”
