…Voices concern about govt-backed abduction attempt
Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin has reported President Bola Tinubu directly to the United Nations Human Rights Council, UNHRC, for the attempt to silence him for his many devastating exposés that have kept Tinubu on his toes, posing insurmountable legal challenges for him in Nigeria and even in a US federal court.
Just last week, Hundeyin raised an alarm about the Nigerian government’s relentless effort to illegally repatriate him from Ghana, accusing him of treason.
“Due to my journalistic work, his (Tinubu’s) regime has taken extraordinary steps to silence me including a recent attempted abduction from Ghana where I have political asylum,” he said at the 54th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held in Geneva on Wednesday (Sept. 27).
David Hundeyin spoke today at the UN Human Rights Council session held in Geneva about the Nigerian regime's ongoing attempt to silence him and put an end to his journalistic work by illegal means. pic.twitter.com/MYKBLkdOJa
— Lawrence I. Okoro ( Sir Law ) (@LawrenceOkoroPG) September 27, 2023
The self-exiled journalist fears that if he returns to Nigeria, he will most definitely face imprisonment, torture and extrajudicial execution – a fate that awaits dissent voices in the country.
“Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and as a journalist, I must be able to do my work without living in fear or living on the run simply because I am doing my job,” Hundeyin told the UNHRC, appealing for protection.
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