Hehehe.....While
speaking with newsmen in Lagos on Monday, the State Police
Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, revealed that its operatives have arrested
the publisher of Biafra Times and nine others.
The police in Lagos on Monday said they
had arrested the publisher of Biafra Times and nine others for allegedly
publishing and circulating seditious and malicious publication.
Parading the 10 suspects, Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai
Owoseni, said 515 copies of the offending newspaper were recovered
during a raid on the printing press in Shomolu, Lagos.
He said, “The printing press has been shut and the environment
is being monitored. This is an offence punishable under the Criminal Law
of Lagos State.”
He added that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as detectives finished interrogating them.
The arrested publisher, however, told journalists that he had no intention to promote disunity and disharmony among Nigerians.
He said, “I love my country and I love my president. My
intention is not to fight my country; I just want to pass out
information to those who have no access to the Internet.
“I usually go on the Internet to source for information and
publish. I have other papers on sports and social life which I publish.”
The prime suspect said he had been publishing for the past eight years but only specialised in Biafra Times three months ago.
He said, “I decided to specialise on Biafra Times when I
discovered it is always a sell-out anytime we published stories about
eastern parts of the country.
“Sometimes, I go to newspaper vendors and hear people
requesting for Biafra Times. We usually print about 5000 copies which we
sell for N100 nationwide.”
In another development, the CP told journalists that the command
was aware of a proposed demonstration which popular artiste, Tuface
Idibia planned to lead.
He said that the command was yet to be officially notified and
assured that the police would not allow unscrupulous elements to hijack
the protest.
-NAN
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