On October 20, 2025, officers of the Nigeria Police Force arrested Mr John Okunyomih, a video journalist with Agence France-Presse (AFP), while he was covering the #FreeNnamdiKanu protests outside the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. The policemen took the journalist to the Force Headquarters in Garki, where he was detained.
Media reports state that Mr Okunyomih was with other journalists monitoring the protests when police fired teargas toward them. Thereafter, the police swooped in and arrested Mr Okunyomih. They manhandled him and pulled his camera as they forced him into their vehicle and, in the process, his camera was slightly damaged.
He was released about an hour later without charge.
