By Kingsley Omonobi
Abuja—The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) has clarified that pictures circulating within the media purportedly displaying the three Nigerian pilgrims not too long ago launched by Saudi authorities are false and unrelated to the victims.
In an announcement issued on Thursday by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the Company pressured that it has by no means launched or printed the pictures of the pilgrims, according to world requirements on human rights and the safety of victims’ privateness.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the pictures at present in circulation should not these of the three Nigerians who have been detained in Jeddah,” Babafemi mentioned.
He defined that the NDLEA intentionally avoided disclosing their identities publicly to defend them from undue publicity and to permit them reintegrate into society with out stigma.
Whereas appreciating the function of the media in public enlightenment, the Company urged journalists and platforms to train restraint and keep away from using deceptive or unrelated pictures that would compromise the dignity of harmless individuals.
The clarification comes days after the Saudi authorities cleared and launched the three Nigerians who had been wrongly detained in Jeddah.
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