Nigeria TV Info — The Department of State Services (DSS) has released two reporters, Ms. Ruth Marcus and Ms. Keshia Jang of Jay FM, Jos, Plateau State.

The journalists were wrongfully arrested on Saturday, 4 October 2025, during President Bola Tinubu’s visit for the burial of the mother of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe. The arrests were reportedly carried out by overzealous operatives.

A source close to the DSS told Nigeria TV Info that upon learning of the incident, the Director-General of the Service, Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, immediately ordered their release.

Further findings revealed that the DSS followed up by contacting the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Yahaya, to personally convey the Director-General’s apology.

“The Director-General assured the NUJ President that the new DSS leadership values the importance of a free press in a democracy, and therefore ordered a thorough investigation into the matter,” the source said.

“He further assured that any officer found culpable would be appropriately sanctioned. The DG is committed to correcting the wrongs he inherited — one of which is overzealousness. This is why he has not hesitated to admit when the Service errs. We have witnessed several instances where the Service apologised and even compensated victims of wrongful arrests.”