A Premium Times journalist, Samuel Ogundipe, who has been detained since Tuesday has been released.

Mr Ogundipe was released on Friday morning after he was granted bail by magistrate Abdulwahab Mohammed of the Kubwa Grade 1 Magistrate Court in Kubwa, Abuja.

The judge had first heard the case on Wednesday after Mr Ogundipe was secretly arraigned without being allowed legal representation.

On that day, Mr Mohammed granted a request by the police that the journalist be detained for five days until August 20.

However on Friday morning, Premium times learnt that Mr Ogundipe was to be taken to the same court, the organization lawyer was thus present at the court to defend him.

Mr Mohammed granted the bail in the sum of N500,000 and a surety who must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction.

The bail conditions were met and Mr Ogundipe was released.

This follows after activist and groups within and outside the country mounted pressure on the police to release the reporter.