DSS: AFRICMIL Calls For Release Of Activist Onumah

The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has confirmed the arrest of its Coordinator, Mr Chido Onumah, by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) , even as it called for his immediate release.

The Department of State Security Service (DSS) arrested the rights activist, on his return trip from abroad.

According to a statement by The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), the activist, who authored a nook called, “We are all Biafrans”, was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his return from a trip abroad.

Onumah has just completed his PhD course.

But there were fears that Onumah was picked up by operatives following inscriptions on his T-shirt, suspected to have reflected the title of his book.

The statement by AFRICIMIL, which was signed by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, said it was alarmed over the arrest of its Coordinator, Mr Chido Onumah, this evening, by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS).

The stayement said: “Onumah was picked up at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his return from a trip abroad.

“AFRICMIL condemns in strong terms the unjustifiable arrest of Onumah and demands his immediate and unconditional release.

“Waylaying law-abiding citizens should not be turned into the preoccupation of an entire security outfit.