CWPPF Investigates Police Officers Who Illegally Tracked Mr Mohammed’s Phone Contacts And Issued Threats To His Wife, Colleagues And Friends.

CWPPF Investigates Police Officers Who Illegally Tracked Mr Mohammed’s Phone Contacts And Issued Threats To His Wife, Colleagues And Friends.

CWPPF Investigates Police Officers Who Illegally Tracked Mr Mohammed’s Phone Contacts And Issued Threats To His Wife, Colleagues And Friends.

Deputy Director, Journalism Programme, Busola Ajibola, CWPPF urged the government to launch a transparent and comprehensive investigation into the actions of the police officers who illegally tracked Mr Mohammed’s phone contacts and issued threats to his wife, colleagues and friends.

Following the report, the police tracked Mohammed’s contacts and started issuing threats to them.

The CWPPF noted that the coordinated threats are against “the fundamental principles of press freedom and whistle-blower protection.”
The coalition also lamented the “unresolved killings of journalists in Nigeria particularly the death of Tordue Salem of the Vanguard newspaper whose body was found after 29 days of being declared missing.

It is important that those responsible for these heinous acts are fished out and held accountable for justice to be diligently served.

The Coalition of Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned “the targeted harassment faced by Yakubu Mohammed, Editor of WikkiTimes, following his investigative report that exposed terrorism funding and illicit mining activities in Niger State.

CWPPF urged the government to “immediately launch a transparent and comprehensive investigation into the actions of the police officers who illegally tracked Mr Mohammed’s phone contacts and issued threats to his wife, colleagues and friends.

The investigative report, Mohammed uncovered how Chinese-allied miners operating under the licenses of Eso Terra Investment Limited and Majelo Global Resources Limited, bribed the terror group of Dogo Gide to access the mining sites in the area.

The Niger State Police Command and Bauchi State Police Command as well as the Federal Government should guarantee the safety of Mr Mohammed, his family members, colleagues and associates,” the coalition advised.

“The Federal government should urgently address the concerns in Mr Mohammed’s investigative report, specifically pertaining to illegal mining activities and their potential links to terrorism financing,” it added.

“The reopening and diligent pursuit of all unsolved cases involving the murders of journalists, with a commitment to bringing the perpetrators of these crimes to justice.”