Nigerian security agents have released three reporters arrested over an erroneous report claiming the president would step down on health grounds.
The journalists said they were freed late Thursday. They include Channels news employee Bashir Adigun, who also works for The Associated Press in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Channels Television — a major private broadcaster shut down by security officials after the incident — remained off-air.
Channels and other media briefly reported Tuesday that President Umaru Yar'Adua, who suffers a kidney ailment, could shortly leave office. They cited a report by Nigeria's official news agency.
But top government officials said the report was a hoax, claiming no such story had ever been sent to subscribers, and quickly disavowed the information.
(AP)
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