Jones Abiri still detained by Nigeria
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York has called on Nigerian authorities to immediately release Jones Abiri, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Weekly Source newspaper. Jones Abiri was arrested by Nigeria’s state security service in July 2016 and has been in jail without trial since his arrest two years ago. Abiri was brought to court on Friday in Abuja, his second court appearance in a week after two years in detention without family visitation. His lead counsel, Femi Falana confirmed that Abiri was charged at the first hearing with sending text messages to two oil companies, Shell and Agip, allegedly demanding bribe payments, but the state couldn’t produce witnesses to testify against Abiri.
