Military hand over Al Jazeera journalists to DSS

The military authorities have handed over two journalists, namely, Idris Ahmed and Ali Almustapha, working with Doha-based international television, Al Jazeera, to the Department of State Services.

The Defence authorities had said in a statement on Wednesday, last week that the two journalists were restrained for roaming in the mission area without authorisation and necessary security arrangement from the military.

It was learnt that the journalists were being handed over to the leadership of the State Department for further interrogation and possible release.

It was further gathered that the nation’s security chiefs had to take the precautionary measure of handing over the two journalists to the DSS to prevent people from straying into such sensitive operational areas without authorisation.

It was stated that the journalists involved in the issue are Nigerians who were being treated in accordance with Nigerian laws.

The source said that the military and the intelligence community would not tolerate any suspected incidence of spying.

...Punch