The invite letter dated October 26,2027 and with referral number CR:3000/ LSX/D19/T. A/VOL.2/ 56, checked out, “This Office is examining a case in which the requirement to get specific explanation from you has actually ended up being necessary.
The Nigeria Police Force has actually once again summoned Segun Olawoye, the publisher of the investigative multimedia platform Objectv Media, to its State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Panti, Yaba, Lagos, marking the most recent in a series of cops invites that critics state are developed to frighten the reporter over his important reporting.
Olawoye published the letter on his authorities X account on Wednesday.
The invite letter dated October 26,2027 and with referral number CR:3000/ LSX/D19/T. A/VOL.2/ 56, checked out, “This Office is examining a case in which the requirement to get specific information from you has actually ended up being vital.
“You are thus asked for to have a conference with the undersigned through the Officer in-Charge of D19 Section with Tel – No: 08039 … on Thursday 29th October 2026 at 10:00 am timely.”
The letter was signed by ACP Ngozi C. Okoye Udeichi, Assistant Commissioner of Police, for the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, Lagos.
Olawoye showed that he might not be able to honour the invite on the scheduled date, exposing that his legal group has actually asked for a post ponement till next week.
“Although we’ve asked for time till next week to be able to meet their appointment, we do not know what course their invite is to serve, this time,” he composed, including that he would offer updates as he prepares to go to.
The current invite comes hardly a month after the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) in Lagos grilled the publisher over his organisation’s reporting on the handling of public tasks.
In September 2026, Olawoye was summoned by the PSFU following his reportage worrying the Ministry of Works and Laralek Construction Company.
At the time, he explained the advancement as an effort by the Ministry of Works to utilize the authorities to back the business versus public analysis and criticism of federal government jobs.
The PSFU invite, signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Matthew Obiuwevbi, had actually likewise requested his look for a “fact-finding” interview at the system’s head office in Ikoyi.
Olawoye, an investigative reporter and facilities expert, has actually consistently discovered himself in the crosshairs of effective interests.
In March 2026, he raised a public alarm over a supposed risk to his life, implicating the Minister of Works, David Umahi, of being accountable needs to anything take place to him. The disagreement originated from a secret recording of a conference linked to the questionable Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway task.
The publisher has actually likewise encountered the Lagos State Taskforce on several events.
In May 2026, the Taskforce implicated Objectv Media of misstatement following a viral video declaring that its operatives had actually gone back to the roadways to take lorries and obtain vehicle drivers. The firm challenged Olawoye to supply proof to validate his claims.
The intensifying authorities summons versus Olawoye have actually drawn parallels to the wider crackdown on press liberty in Nigeria.
In August 2025, the Nigeria Police Force welcomed Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters, for questioning. Sowore invested 2 successive days in cops custody after honouring the invite in Abuja.
The pattern has actually raised issues amongst reporters and civil society groups over using security firms to bug media professionals taken part in genuine reporting on matters of public interest.
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