Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Some police officers attached to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit, Lagos Annex, on Monday, arrested a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Sodeeq Atanda, after allegedly detaining his wife and nine-month-old child to lure him out.

FIJ's founder and editor-in-chief, Fisayo Soyombo, confirmed the arrest to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday evening.

"They released the wife and the child and arrested Sodeeq. They handcuffed him. The wife confirmed this to me at 8:24 p.m.," Mr Soyombo said.

FIJ reported that the officers first arrested Mr Atanda's wife and infant at their home, detained them for hours at the Owutu Police Station in Ikorodu, Lagos, and allegedly coerced the wife in...