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The Nigerian military has ordered the release of two Aljazeera journalists who have been detained in Maiduguri, Borno for over a week after being accused of "loitering" around areas of military operations.

PremiumTimes reports that the journalists, Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustapha were released in the early hours of Saturday after spending ten days in detention in their hotel room.
Spokesperson of the DHQ, Chris Olukolade had in a statement said the duo were moving around "restricted areas" in Yobe and Borno states without protection, accreditation or clearance.

However, the Journalists had sued the Nigerian Army challenging their detention, through Nigerin humman rights lawyers, Femi Falana, who sought a declaration that the arrest and detention by the military was illegal and unconstitutional, thereby violating their right to personal liberty guaranteed by Section 34, 35 and 41 of the constitution and Article 5, 6 and 12 of the African Charter on Human and peoples' Right Act.

Falana also sought an order directing the Nigerian military and the army chief, Kenneth Minimah, to release the journalists from illegal military custody immediately.
It is not clear if their decision to approach the court was responsible for their release.

All efforts to speak with a representative of Aljazeera network and Ahmed Idris were unsuccessful as calls were neither answered, nor returned at the time of publishing this story.

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