The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have faulted the conviction of Nigerian journalists, Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi, over a report on drug abuse.
Gidado, Editor of News Digest and Convener of Campus Journalism Awards (CJA) and Alfred, a freelance reporter who worked with Premium Times and Punch Newspaper, were arrested and charged in 2019.
The prosecution followed an investigative report published in 2018, alleging Indian-hemp smoking by staff at Hillcrest Agro-allied company, a rice factory in Kwara State.