Nigeria: Further information on: Fear of torture/incommunicado detention

Raphael Olatoye, Cyril Mbamulu and a security guard from Insider Weekly magazine were all released without charge on 10 September. They had been arrested on 4 and 5 September, by officers from the State Security Service (SSS) who raided their offices in the capital Lagos.The magazine’s editor-in-chief, Mr Osa Director and other colleagues remain in hiding as they are said to fear being arrested.

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