U.S Senator Robert Menendez and Rep Josh Gottheimer have both expressed concerns over increasing arrests and detention of journalists and human rights abuses in Nigeria under President Mohammadu Buhari.

In a jointly signed letter to the Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor dated November 25, 2019,  the U.S lawmakers took a swipe at what they described as “troubling reports” of assaults and detention of journalists and Nigerians by operatives from the Directorate of  State Security Service, DSS.

The U.S lawmakers named Sowore Omoyele of   Saharareporters, Samuel Ogundipe go Premium Times, Jones Abiri and Kofi Bartel as journalists who have been assaulted and detained by the DSS.

See attached letter