A journalist and publisher of Weekly Source, a local tabloid based in Bayelsa State, Jones Abiri,, returned to Yenagoa, the state capital, and relived his ordeal in the hands of the Department for State Services.
Abiri, who was received at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists by journalists and leaders of the Civil Liberties Organisation, said he was arrested in his office, detained for seven days in DSS cell in Yenagoa and later blindfolded and flown to Abuja.
He said he was kept incommunicado in an underground DSS cell in Abuja and denied access to medical treatment for about two years.
Abiri, who was also received by his wife and family members, said the hope that God would grant him freedom someday kept him alive throughout the period of his detention.
Abiri further Narrated how he Was Blindfolded, from Yenagoa to Abuja. He explained how he was kept In an Underground cell where You cannot Recognize the next person whenever The Light Goes off.
He went Ahead to appreciate Lawyers and other Media Organization that took up his case to Court which led to his Release.
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