The Department of State Services (DSS) has released two reporters of Jay 101.9 FM, Jos, Plateau State, wrongfully arrested during the visit, on Saturday, of President Bola Tinubu, who was in the state for the burial of mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwadta Goshwe.

Ms. Ruth Marcus and Keshia Jang, who work for the radio station, were arrested by the operatives.

But they were released on the order of the Director-General, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi.

The Service also apologised to the national president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Yahaya, over the incident.

“The Director assured the NUJ President that the new DSS leadership treasures the importance of a free press in a democracy, and has ordered a thorough investigation into the matter. He further assured the NUJ President that any officer found culpable will be appropriately sanctioned.”

“The new DG is correcting the wrongs he inherited. One of them is overzealousness. This is why the new DG has not failed to admit so whenever the Service makes mistakes. We are witnesses to several instances when the Service apologized and even compensated victims of wrongful arrests.”

Daily Trust had reported how Tinubu visited Plateau for the burial of Nentawe’s mother.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Governors, Minsters, lawmakers were among the dignitaries who attended the event . (Weekend Trust)