An Asaba Magistrate Court in Delta State has ordered the arrest of investigative journalist Fejiro Oliver, for failing to appear in court on a scheduled hearing date.
The court also ordered the arrest of Oliver’s sureties.The order came despite Oliver’s lawyer informing the court that his client was unable to appear due to credible threats to his life.
Magistrate Edith Nkechi Anumadu of Magistrate Court 3, Asaba, issued the bench warrant against Oliver after his counsel told the court that his client feared for his safety following alleged harassment and threats by armed security operatives.
The development comes weeks after another Asaba magistrate court, presided over by Magistrate Patricia, issued a similar bench warrant against the journalist in December 2025.
This is despite being informed that Oliver was under threat and had been trailed by armed, masked men believed to be police officers.
Reacting to the latest order, Oliver described the action as persecution rather than justiceOliver recalled that he has consistently appeared before the courts in a cybercrime case pending against him in Lagos since 2017.”This is not justice.
This is persecution. I am not deterred or bothered. I have never run from court trials.”I have stood trial since 2017 in Lagos, attending every sitting, flying from Abuja, staying in hotels for days, and never backing out.
In fact, I want to stand trial to confront them, expose them, and disgrace their lies in open court.
But a trial must first be safe,” he said.
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