National Security & Intelligence
President Jonathan welcomes release of kidnapped journalists
Jul 19, 2010, 07:59
| | President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has welcomed the release of the four journalists taken hostage by kidnappers in Abia State.
In a press statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro, on Sunday July 18, the President noted that their release brings to closure a sordid criminal incident, which however must be uprooted once and for all in Nigeria.
While commending the Nigerian police and Nigerians in general for turning sufficient heat on the kidnappers and causing them to abandon the victims, he charged Police Inspector General Ogbonna Onovo to ensure that the criminals are apprehended by all means.
President Jonathan extended warm felicitations to the freed journalists, their families and the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ." Even as we celebrate freedom today, let us insist that this spate of criminality must stop. In every way possible, we must say no to these vices, and assist the authorities to expose perpetrators and bring an end to these vices as quickly as possible."
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