Policemen on Thursday besieged investigative journalist Fejiro Oliver’s office in Abuja in an attempt to arrest him again.
It was gathered 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 Deputy Inspector General of Police Jonathan Towuru.
The policemen claimed they had a court warrant to arrest Mr Fejiro Oliver.
However, they could not carry out the arrest as they did not find him in his office.
Meanwhile, Fejiro Oliver told DAILY POST that since returning to Abuja, he has feared for his life and 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.”
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 politician whose ministerial nomination was rejected by the Senate following petitions of alleged certificate forgery brought against her by a group of lawyers.
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.