32 Yusuf Siyaka aka Ciaxon who had tweeted live
photos of attempted jail break at SSS headquarters on 30th March 2014 and was later illegally
detained for 12 days, was paid to tweet the sensational images, secret police
said.
According
to the spokesperson of the Department State Services, Marilyn Ogar, the blogger
admitted during interrogation to covering the operation for "pecuniary
reasons", which many analysts didn't believe though.
Meanwhile
the spokesperson didn't say who and how much Siyaka was paid for covering the
operation.
Some
activists and bloggers said he could not have tweeted for money because he ran
into the battle accidentally and didn't know what was going to happen.
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Times gathered through its insider sources within the security that Siyaka was
intimidated and held for so long to help the SSS maintain a single story about
the gun-battle.
The
SSS feared he would have distorted their narrative of what happened that
day if not arrested. The source added:
"If
he was not in custody, he would have been a hot source for media organizations
and diplomats."
The
blogger who was released on Saturday refused to comment on any SSS claims when
contacted by journalists.
Those
who met Siyaka after he had been freed claimed he still looks terrified and
visibly traumatized.
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