A Premium Times reporter Samuel Ogundipe was arrested earlier today by the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS over the refusal to disclose the source of one of the stories he reported.

The Police has since frozen his bank account just some moment after his arrest and detention.

Now notable Nigerians have taken to the social media platform, twitter to call for his release and the #FreeSamuelOgundipe hashtag is already trending on the platform.

Among the people calling for his immediate release is Japhet Omojuwa, who tweeted:

The Police is clearly using bullying tactics to try to stifle the journalist. If they have a case against him, go to court. This a set back against press freedom. No surprise, na SARS! To start with, fire this IG. All he does is block Danube street with his security.

They want to shut down Social Media, silence Journalists, have their lackeys in charge of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is never going to work #FreeSamuelOgundipe

Reno Omokri also rendered his voice in the campaign

Dear @ProfOsinbajo, On the same day you ordered the police to overhaul SARS, SARS still arrested Samuel Ogundipe, a @PremiumTimesng journalist because of a story. Please consider this as evidence that SARS needs to be scrapped and not overhauled. #EndSARS

https://lailasnews.com/freesamuelogundipe-trends-after-sars-arrest-premium-times-reporter-samuel-ogundipe/

SARS were created to fight armed robbery not journalist with a pen.

k

so many voted Mohammed in 2015 out of hatred for d bayelsa man

some because of religious reasons

but please 2019, let us look for a younger candidate, some one with fresh ideas.



or

SPLIT THIS COUNTRY

NA wa

Dirty crooks that can't even spell thier names not to talk of know thier job descriptions .. bloody monsters

I thought these men had been overhauled

Buhari what have you done to our Democracy ���

Fire the IGP

Free the journalist abeg we need truth for once in this wicked administration

Nothing to reform about these people just #endSARS

SARS should respect peoples right
If not for the present saraki led senate the APC government would have succeeded with their evil anti social media bill.

Good one. I just still can't comprehend how police will have access to freeze one's account. Also is there any robbery or kidnapping case in this? #EndSARS

i said it all these sars overhauling na for paper

no be Nigeria we dey again?

The IGP needs to be shown the way out too like Lawal Daura.

No be only overhaul. SARS IS GOING NOWHERE

Since theres no more SARs, Ogundipe will be free soon.

Why buhari appointees likes bringing problems to him osinbanjo sack the IGP now

A very good and clear reason why buhari must not return in 2019

#send buhari back to daura2019

#EndSARS

Nawa o

People celebrating the overhauling of Sars aint Nigerians or just ignorant


Is this not Nigeria?


SARS will continue unless they end it and not rebrand it....



LAI has always advocated for clamping down the Media and this is just the beginning



A revenge for Kemi

Dunno what to comment

congorasta:
k

so many voted Mohammed in 2015 out of hatred for d bayelsa man

some because of religious reasons

but please 2019, let us look for a younger candidate, some one with fresh ideas.



or

SPLIT THIS COUNTRY

This country will not split just because the drunk fisherman from Otuoke was voted out. If you try any nonsense, the Nigerian Police will use you for shooting practice. Why did you not ask your brother Goatluck Jonaddaft to split the country when the drunk fool was looting and sharing. Come 2019, Buhari will win again, you can then kill yourself and then run away.

He should be freed

Oduwils222:
Since theres no more SARs, Ogundipe will be free soon.

SARS arrested him, only SARS can free him. If there is no SARS for now, then he will remain incarcerated until SARS is reconstituted.

sad

Buhari will never change.
Unlawful detentions, repression of the press,economic misery and in competence are his forte.
As it was reported in 1984 is now and ever shall it be with this monumental disaster.
Even if Buhari turns to an alfa,Imam or Sheik tomorrow or in his next life,incompetence,press repression,untold economic hardship and national regression will still be found wherever and whenever he is in power because they are inbuilt in his gene.

When they write fake stories, they won't caution them.

When they arrest them to come and explain their nonsense story, that when cryingand useless trends will begin.

If they don't arrest these fake news mongers, how do we keep our sanity.

Born2Breed:
SARS were created to fight armed robbery not journalist with a pen.

In fact, I just don't get it. Nigeria is a foul smelling cesspit.

The mandate of SARS is explicit in its very own name - special anti robbery squad. But now you see SARS getting itself involved with purported Internet fraudsters, debt defaulters, journalists and any and every one else. It's disgusting.

For as long as the mandate of this renegade unit called SARS is not strictly enforced to be restricted to robbery (and kidnapping) alone, then Osibanjo's directive will be of no effect.

erosimo:
A very good and clear reason why buhari must not return in 2019

#send buhari back to daura2019

it's only arm robbers that fear sars if you know you are one of those that have in their yansh you better repent or when sars catch you , you will smell your yansh. either you like it or not Buhari till 2023