DSS RELEASES, APOLOGIZES TO JOURNALISTS ARRESTED IN PLATEAU

The Department of State Services (DSS), has released two reporters of Jay 101.9 FM, Jos, Plateau State that were wrongfully arrested on Saturday, October 4, 2025, during the visit of President Bola Tinubu for the burial of the mother of Professor Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

A credible close to the DSS, told Forefront News that on hearing that some overzealous operatives arrested Ms. Ruth Marcus and Keshia Jang, who work for the radio station, the Director-General of the Service, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, ordered their immediate release.

It was also gathered that the Service followed up their release by contacting the National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Yahaya, and also tendered the DG’s apologies.

The source said; “The Director General assured the NUJ President that the new DSS leadership treasures the importance of a free press in a democracy, thus ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.

“He further assured the NUJ President that any officer found culpable will be appropriately sanctioned. The DG is correcting the wrongs he inherited. One of which is overzealousness.

“This is why the DG has not failed to admit so whenever the Service makes mistakes. We are witnesses to several instances when the Service apologised and even compensated victims of wrongful arrests.

“The present DG is an absolute lover of human rights and press freedom. You may recall that sometime ago, the DSS DG apologised to the management of TVC over the alleged harassment and intimidation of a reporter,” the source explained.

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