The federal government has withdrawn the six count charge filed against Leadership Newspapers and two of their reporters, Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzor Ukaibe.
In a notice of withdrawal and discontinuance of charges dated thirtieth of April and filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the federal government through the office of the attorney general of the federation applied for the withdrawal and discontinuance of criminal proceedings consisting of six count charge against the accused persons.
The federal government had filed amended charges against leadership newspaper and two of its journalists, accused of forging a presidential directive, to a six-count of felony.
The journalists were initially detained by the police for refusing to name their sources for a story alleging a presidential attempt to botch the merger of some opposition parties in Nigeria.
The journalists, Tony Amokeoda, Chibuzor Ukaibe, and Taiwo Omilani, who is now at large, were charged before a Federal High Court Abuja by the federal government for allegedly forging a document titled ‘Presidential Directive’ which had the seal of the Office the President of Nigeria.
