NUJ demands immediate release of FIJ reporter, Daniel Ojukwu

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has demanded the contiguous and unconditional merchandise of Daniel Ojukwu, an investigative newsman with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, FIJ, pursuing his remand successful situation custody implicit reports scrutinising nationalist expenditure.

In a connection signed by its National President, Alhassan Yahaya, the national expressed sedate interest implicit Ojukwu’s continued detention and prosecution.

The writer was arraigned earlier the Federal High Court successful Abuja connected Tuesday, November 10, 2026, connected 12 counts of alleged cyberstalking and transgression defamation.

Following the arraignment, the tribunal remanded Ojukwu until December 1, 2026, for his bail hearing, a 21-day incarceration linked to investigative reports published successful 2023 and 2024 regarding spending by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President connected Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs).

Joining section and planetary rights organisations, the NUJ called for the full withdrawal of each charges filed against Ojukwu arsenic good arsenic FIJ founder, Fisayo Soyombo.

“Journalism is simply a constitutionally mandated nationalist service, not a crime,” Yahaya stated.

“Deploying the apparatus of the transgression justness strategy to punish reporters for scrutinizing nationalist spending undermines the precise foundations of Nigeria’s democracy,” it stated.

The national cautioned the Nigeria Police Force an...