Journalist arrested for Publishing Investigative Story on Factory legalizing Indian Hemp.
An Editor of News digest, an Abuja based online Newspaper Gidado Yushau was arrested in Abuja by detectives in plain clothing on Tuesday and later taken to Ilorin.
According to reports, Gidado and his webmaster Adebowale Adekoya were arrested for publishing an investigative news story titled, “Inside Kwara factory where Indian hemp smoking is ‘legalized”.
The factory, Hillcrest Agro-Allied Industry in Ilorin, is said to be owned by a former acting governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sarah Alade.
