Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja
The Department of State Services has released the Abuja Bureau Chief of The Independent Newspapers, Mr. Tony Ezimako.
He was said to have been released around 10:30pm by the security agency in Abuja on Wednesday night
Journalists and members of civil society groups had planned to storm the headquarters of the DSS in Abuja on Thursday to protest the continued detention of the journalist.
His unconditional release was said to have foiled the protest.
Ezimako was reportedly arrested by the DSS over an investigative report he published on how the Federal Government paid ransom to secure the release of some of the abducted Chibok girls.
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