Taraba Governor, Ishaku Keeps Media Publisher, Ayodele In Unlawful Remand Nine Days After Perfecting BailSaharaReporters reported that Samuel was remanded in prison after a secret trial, orchestrated by the Nigerian police on the orders of Governor Ishaku.
He was arranged before a magistrate court in Jalingo, upon which Ayodele was granted bail for a two-count charge of defamation and injurious falsehood after he pleaded"not guilty". The case with Ayodele was withdrawn from the magistrate court to the State High Court with no day for hearing fixed and a refusal to grant bail to the journalist.
The governor has since nurtured grievances against the journalist who has firmly established himself in the state with"Taraba Truth and Facts Newspaper" and owning the first private radio station in Taraba State,"Rock FM 92.3 Jalingo".