Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- Amnesty International Nigeria and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have called for the release of a Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reporter, Daniel Ojukwu, who was remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja over a series of 2023 reports he authored concerning a presidential aide.

The organisations also want the government to stop the prosecution of Mr Ojukwu and FIJ founder Fisayo Soyombo, over the reports on the expenditure of the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs).

Mr Ojukwu was remanded by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to 12 counts of cyberstalking and criminal...