Kwara NUJ condemns arrest of journalist, demands immediate release

The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the arrest of Mr Rowland Olonishuwa, a journalist with Herald Newspapers.
Citizensnews reports that Olonishuwa was forcefully taken away from his residence along Asa-Dam Road, Ilorin, Wednesday morning by detectives of the Special Fraud Unit of the Police from Lagos State.

The arrest is connected to a recent story published on some online news platforms, according to a statement in Ilorin on Thursday by the NUJ state Secretary, Mahmood Olayinka Alaya.
The statement said upon receiving report of the incident Wednesday morning, the leadership of the Kwara NUJ Council immediately swung into action, reaching out to the Kwara State Police Command to inquire about the arrest.