Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- Usman Adamu, the divisional police officer (DPO) of Mararaban Jos in Kaduna State, has detained a young female journalist, Farida Isiak, and her parents, following a dispute between her mother and a neighbour over the sale of charcoal.

Ms Farida, a 23-year-old journalist with Nagarta Radio in Kaduna, was taken into custody around 10 p.m. on 20 October, family sources and neighbours who pleaded not be named for fear of retribution told PREMIUM TIMES.

She was arrested hours after police had detained her parents to lure her to the police station.

The episode began on 19 October when the journalist's mother, a business owner, sold N400 worth of charcoal to a young girl sent by their neighbour.

"The girl brought N500, b...