Recently-released publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo, speaks on his detention and the events that led to his arrest. He said that he thought he would remain in jail until the end of the tenure of the Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade.
The journalist had been arrested on 22 August, 2019 after he published an exposé on the governor's diversion of funds allocated to the Cross River State Microfinance Bank.
He explained, “It is cowardice to arrest a man and then turn around and deny you did not arrest him. I thought that he is a very courageous man. He is a professor, and should be able to own up to his actions.
“He promised he was going to arrest and lock me up long before August 22 when I was arrested, when I raised the issue of the N4.3 billion he withdrew from the local government funds to fund his campaign.
“When I asked him that question privately, he got upset with me and that was where my problem with him started.
“To be frank, the governor is my brother, and I
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“It (my experience) was mixed feelings; at one side of the coin, it was not fun, at the other side, it was a huge lesson.
“I think I went on a six
On what his expectations were, “My worst expectation was that I will be in jail for three years until
“I am actually not afraid of going back to jail. What I am afraid of is that at every point in time, Nigerians should be able to rise up to pay the price to defend this democracy.”
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