Publisher Declared Prisoner of Conscience 

Journalist Agba Jalingo has been released from prison custody after spending 174 days in detention. The publisher of CrossRiver Watch was on Thursday granted N10million bail by the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State following an application from Attah Ochinke, his lawyer.

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He was first arraigned on August 22, 2019 after he published a story on how Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, allegedly approved and diverted N500 million meant for the state’s microfinance bank.

He was subsequently arraigned for conspiracy, treason and attempting to overthrow the state government with his highly critical articles. 

Amnesty International had declared the activist , “a prisoner of conscience” as a result of his long detention.

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AGBA JALINGO GRANTED N10M BAIL AFTER 174 DAYS IN DETENTION 