… This is a witch-hunt, and I fear for my life, says Fejiro Oliver
Four Policemen on Thursday besieged Investigative Journalist Fejiro Oliver’s office in Abuja in an attempt to arrest him again.
It was gathered by this medium that the Policemen who were in mufti identified themselves as officers from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), a department of the Nigeria Police Force led by one Jonathan Towuru, a Deputy Inspector General of Police.
While speaking with this medium, some residents said the policemen said they have a court warrant to arrest Mr. Fejiro Oliver.
“We can tell you that we didn’t see any arrest warrant, as they didn’t show us any arrest warrant or even to the estate’s security guards,“ one of the residents stated to this medium.
After waiting, according to another resident, the policemen left the estate when they said they have confirmed that Mr Fejiro Oliver’s vehicle was not parked in his garage.
“They told the security guards that they came to arrest Mr Oliver. But when they didn’t find his car at the usual spot, their leader asked them to leave because it meant that he was not around,” a resident said.
Quoting one of the Policemen, a resident said; “We will keep trailing him until we catch him.”
Meanwhile, while speaking to this medium on the phone, on the recent development, Fejior Oliver, who has since returned to Abuja, said he was scared for his life as he vowed to go to the Police Headquarters in Abuja tomorrow.
“This is a witch-hunt, and I fear for my life,” he said.
“I await them tomorrow as I will also personally go to the police headquarters myself.”
At the time of writing this report, Mr. Fejior Oliver, who has since returned to Abuja, said he was scared for his life as he vowed to go to the Police Headquarters in Abuja tomorrow.
Mr Oliver was at the Federal High Court, Asaba Division, Delta State, on Thursday over two cases of defamation brought against him by the police on behalf of the state governor—Sheriff Oborevwori and Senator Ede Dafinone before the same judge.
Mr Oliver was also in court in Delta State on Wednesday, where he appeared before Magistrate Patricia Onyeisi Okoh over a defamation suit filed against him by Stella Okotete, a politiciaun whose ministerial nomination was rejected by the Senate following petitions of alleged certificate forgery brought against her by a group of lawyers.
In solidarity with him at the court today, is a former Attorney-General of the state, Peter Mrakpor (SAN).
At the court proceedings, his lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, presented a motion before the court, asking it to consolidate Ms Okotete’s defamation case in court 2 with that of a lawmaker, Joel Thomas Onowakpor, in court 3, considering that both cases bordered on defamation.
Ms Okoh adjourned the hearing for the motion in court 2 to December 9, 2025. Mr Oliver is expected to appear before court 3 within the same magistrate court on December 9 for a similar case brought against him by Mr Onowakpor.
It would be recalled that Mr Oliver was abducted by policemen from his office in Abuja in September, and flown to Delta State on the order of Mr Oborevwori. Following his abduction, he was detained at a police facility for weeks before he was later arraigned in court and remanded in prison following pressure from civil society organisations.
He was later released from prison after he met his bail conditions.
