It's been nearly a month since Nigerian authorities detained journalist Saint Mienpamo Onitsha.
On October 10, Matthew Perekebuna was preparing for an outing with Mienpamo, his friend, when he heard of the arrest. Perekebuna said officers arrived at the house of a mutual friend in southern Nigeria's Bayelsa state and forced him at gunpoint to summon Mienpamo, founder of online broadcaster Naija Live TV.
Perekebuna said Mienpamo had spoken out against the Presidential Amnesty Program, or PAP, a government-sponsored program that offers monthly stipends to former oil militants as part of efforts to end violence in the Niger Delta. Terungwa, who visited Mienpamo in jail this week, told VOA he suspected the case might be politically motivated.
But analysts say the legislation is used too often by authorities to prosecute journalists and citizens who often criticize the government or politicians.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.The Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, has repeatedly documented the use of Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act to prosecute journalists.
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