Arrested Journalist filmed court proceedings without authority – National Security

The Ministry of National Security has described as false a publication on social media purporting that operatives of the Ministry have unduly arrested Freelance Journalist, Sacut Amenga-Etegu.

According to the said publication, the journalist was arrested at the premises of a court where he had gone to follow up on a case of extortion against some operatives of the Ministry of National Security.

But the Ministry in a statement said “contrary to the content of the publication, the journalist was arrested based on an order of a High Court for filming and/or videoing the Court’s proceedings without authority.

“It is worth noting that the journalist was remanded by the same court to reappear on 14th March 2022.”

The Ministry of National Security, therefore, urged the public to disregard the content of the false publication in circulation on social media.