Nigeria, July 6 -- The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) on Monday condemned the abduction of Nigerian journalist Stanley Ugabe by the Nigerian police and demanded his immediate release.

On 3 July, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Ugabe, a journalist with the online news platform Secrets Reporters, was abducted from his residence in the Jikwoyi area of Abuja. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) linked the disappearance to a recent investigation published by his organisation.

CJID's press statement, released by Deputy Director, Journalism Programme, Busola Ajibola, confirmed that the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) detained Mr Ugagbe "for six days without any formal or public communic...