#FreeEzimakor: OURMUMUDONDO Movement To Besiege DSS On Wednesday

Following the continued detention of Mr. Anthony Ezimakor, the Abuja Bureau Chief of the Independent Newspaper by the Directorate of State Service (DSS), a civil society organisation, OURMUMUDONDO Movement, has vowed to occupy the Headquarters of the Service in Maitama on Wednesday March 7, 2018.

This was contained in a press statement made available to newsmen Correspondent on Monday in Abuja.

The Group noted that the detention of the journalist is in disregard for his rights to freedom of speech, right to dignity of the human person, and right to fair hearing as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Group stated that the decision to occupy the DSS office was made in a bid to prevent Mr. Ezimakor from suffering the same fate as Sheik Ibrahim El Zakzaky, who has been detained illegally at the DSS facility for more than two years.