MORE TROUBLE: ABIA STATE GOVT DISTANCE SELF FROM ARREST OF JOURNALIST, POINTS FINGER AT SEN. ORJI
Afnews Editor
Mar 02, 2019
Abia State Government through her Commissioner for Information has distance the state government from the gestapo arrest of veteran journalist and popular critic of the State Government, Don Norman Obinna.
In the statement sent to AFN, Honorable John Okiyi Kalu explained that Abia State Government did not send any petition against Don Norman and have no hands in his current travails with law enforcement agents.
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But he went further to reveal that the travail may be connected to an alleged cybercrime petition filed by his former boss Senator T.A Orji.
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For a while, Don Norman Obinna has been publishing materials allegedly exposing the government of Senator T.A Orji when he was governor of Abia State and had even went ahead to publish a book.
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For the avoidance of doubt, ABSG did not send any petition against Don Norman and we have no hand in his current travails with law enforcement agents.
I personally learned of his arrest, over a petition on cybercrime, from the media. I understand there was an existing arrest warrant dating back to last year when he was declared wanted by the police who swooped on him when they learned he was on a live radio program in Umuahia.
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However, information reaching us is that the alleged cybercrime was committed against a former boss of his.
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As can be verified from the petition against him, Abia State Government is not in any way involved in his travails.
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Thank you.
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