24th July, 2022
By Shuaib Sadiq
Umaru Maradun, the Zamfara Correspondent of the Leadership Newspapers, has been arrested by the operatives of state police command for a yet to be disclosed reason.
Maradun was arrested in his home town in Maradun Local Government Area where the state governor Bello Matawalle also hails from, according, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Zamfara Council,
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkanah, confirmed the arrest to Ibrahim Maizare, Chairman of the NUJ Zamfara Council, who spoke to him on phone.
Elkanah said he would look into the matter before further action.
Maradun was arrested in his home town in MaradunL Government Area and home of Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara.
He was arrested in the early hours of Saturday and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Gusau, the state capital.
Maizare had led officials of the NUJ and that of Correspondents’ Chapel to the Command Headquarters to secure his release but failed.
Maradun is currently held at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) where the leadership of the NUJ sought for his bail but the police declined. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)