Army releases Daily Trust Maiduguri editor

The detained Maiduguri Bureau Chief of Daily Trust, Uthman
Abubakar, has been released by the military authorities who
detained him since Sunday afternoon.

The Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust, Mannir Dan-Ali, announced
the release shortly after speaking to the editor who was brought
back to the Maiduguri office by an unnamed Major who handed him
over to a Security officer at the office.

Uthman who maintains that he was courteously treated, however,
said his mobile phones and laptop are still with the military.

They told him that they need time to finish the forensic checks
they are carrying out on the equipment.