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Lawan Adamu
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A Nigerian journalist
working for the privately-owned Daily Trust newspaper has been arrested in
neighbouring Niger. Lawan
Adamu was investigating the story of migration of Africans to Europe through
Niger's town of Agadez when he was detained by local officials on Saturday, the
paper's editor, Mannir Dan Ali, told the BBC Hausa service.
"He
was arrested on arrival at Agadez even before he started his work over
allegations that he did not have valid documents to enter the area even though
he obtained a visa from Niger's consulate before he left Nigeria," he
added.
Mr
Dan Ali said they are calling for his unconditional release.
Agadez, a gateway between
west and north Africa, is being considered as a major transit point for
thousands of African migrants who are transported across the Sahara Desert to
Libya for onward journey to Europe through the Mediterranean.
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