An Abuja-based journalist, Fejiro Oliver, has cried out, alleging that his life is in danger.
Magistrate Edith Nkechi Anumadu of court 3 in Asaba, Delta State, had issued a bench warrant against oliver.
This was after he refused to appear in court as he told the magistrate, through his lawyers, that he allegedly faced a series of visible threats to his life.
The Magistrate, aside from issuing a bench warrant against Oliver, also ordered that his sureties to be arrested.
This is not the first time a bench warrant has been issued against Fejiro, in December 2025, the magistrate of court 2 in Asaba in Mrs Patricia had also issued a warrant against him.
The journalist had then, also told the court through his lawyers that there was a threat to his life.
Speaking from his hideout on Thursday, Fejiro told journalists that he received messages of threat to his life following a news report he wrote on the pipeline surveillance contracts being solely handled by three major companies, whose owners are all from one ethnic nationality.
“My life has been in danger, and there has been a series of threats, and now the attack on my life and property,” Oliver told reporters in Abuja.
“I have been receiving death threats, warning me to stop the exposition or face whatever disastrous outcome which will come upon me.
“In the middle of the night while in my office working, I was attacked by unknown persons, who inflicted injuries on my head and right elbow. God saved my life.
“These criminal elements carted away our computers, phones, camera and several documents. No matter the threats and attacks, I will never give up.
“I have not done anything wrong. The truth lies in the saying that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
“My position is that if this contract for pipeline surveillance must continue, let every tribe manage and handle pipelines that pass through their localities and areas, and not allow only companies owned by Ijaw people to manage the entire pipelines in the Niger Delta.”
By John Owen Nwachukwu
