The Epoch Times âThis is an alarming development. If a journalist, reporting on the governmentâs refusal to prosecute those engaged in religious-motivated atrocities, has been arrested for his [reporting], this would be further evidence that the government of Nigeria is complicit in the ongoing egregious and systematic religious persecution in Nigeria,â Tony Perkins, a commissioner serving on the U.S. Council on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), told The Epoch Times.
The charge against Binniyat likely will be âinjurious falsehood and incitement,â according to Reuben Buhari, a fellow freelance journalist and friend, who visited Binniyat on the afternoon of Nov. 6. Buhari said the arrest is likely linked to Binniyatâs most recent story in The Epoch Times, âIn Nigeria, Police Decry Massacres as âWickedâ but Make No Arrests…
