NIGERIAN BLOGGER HELD
Oct 24th, 2008 by admin
The Nigerian secret service has detained a US-based Nigerian news blogger. Jonathan Elendu was picked up when he arrived in the country on a family visit. No-one has been allowed access to him since Saturday. According to Nigerian law anyone arrested must be charged in court within 48 hours. The secret service has told his lawyer that Mr Elendu had not been arrested but had been invited for talks. The lawyer said he was filing papers in court to force the service to charge or release him. Elendureports.com is one of a number of websites about Nigeria run by members of the diaspora and is known for publishing controversial stories.