{"id":101044,"date":"2022-11-05T20:17:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101044"},"modified":"2022-11-05T20:17:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:17:43","slug":"ogun-journalist-released-after-five-months-in-prison-for-publishing-story-on-gov-abiodun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/ogun-journalist-released-after-five-months-in-prison-for-publishing-story-on-gov-abiodun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun journalist released after five months in prison for publishing story on Gov Abiodun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A journalist, Hammed Bashiru, has recounted his experience in detention for republishing a story about the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, claiming that he was arrested and convicted in Miami, United States Of America in 1986.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nBashiru was first arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services and released but he was rearrested when he posted about his experience with DSS on his WhatsApp status.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nTalking about what he went through in the prison, he said that he fainted while in remand and spent two days in the hospital. 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