{"id":18048,"date":"2024-11-29T21:07:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=18048"},"modified":"2024-11-29T21:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:07:41","slug":"army-releases-investigative-journalist-fisayo-soyombo-after-three-day-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/army-releases-investigative-journalist-fisayo-soyombo-after-three-day-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Army releases investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo after three-day detention"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Marvellous Nyang\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
November 29, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n Fisayo Soyombo, a prominent investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), was released by the Nigerian Army on November 29, 2024, after three days in custody.<\/p>\n His detention, which sparked significant public outcry and condemnation from civil society organisations, was linked to his recent expos\u00e9s on corruption involving the Nigerian Customs Service.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:\u00a0How to persuade people to change their behaviour<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Army initially claimed Soyombo was arrested at an illegal oil bunkering site in Port Harcourt, but FIJ refuted this characterization, asserting that his work as a journalist should not be criminalised.<\/p>\n Following intervention from media advocacy groups, including the International Press Institute (IPI), Soyombo was freed without formal charges.<\/p>\n His release highlights ongoing concerns about press freedom in Nigeria, where journalists face increasing risks and repression for their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Marvellous Nyang\u00a0 November 29, 2024 Fisayo Soyombo, a prominent investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), was released by the Nigerian Army on November 29, 2024, after three days in […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[3046,3001,1170],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-18048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"tag-fij","10":"tag-fisayo-soyombo","11":"tag-nigerian-army"},"yoast_head":"\n