On January 10, 2008 at about 4.30 pm local time, two journalists, Fidelis Mbah of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Tade Oludayo of Silverbird Television and Rhythm FM radio, were arrested and detained by government security agents in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital in South-west Nigeria, for taking photographs of a statue of 'the Unknown Soldier' recently erected and unveiled at the front of "Government House" in Ibadan.

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