Bayelsa-based journalist and publisher
of the Weekly Source Magazine, Mr. Jones Abiri has been released by the
Department of State Services, DSS.
The journalist was released on
Wednesday after he was said to have met his bail conditions.
He had been in detention for over
two years without being charged to court.
Abiri was arrested on July 21,
2016 at his office in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, over an alleged link to armed
militancy in the Niger Delta region, an allegation which he denied.
Abiri was however charged to
court on July 27, 2018, being two years after his arrest and detention.
He was initially granted bail in
the sum of N2 million and two sureties who must be civil servants not lower
than level 12.
The bail condition was later
reviewed following an application by his lawyer.
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