Salau, administration manager of TheNews/Tempo/PM News group, was arrested and detained at the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) in Apapa, Lagos, on November 18. Salau had gone to the offices of the DMI to check on his colleague Adetokunbo Fakeye. Fakeye, defense reporter for PM News, who had been imprisoned since October 25, was later released without charge. Salau remains in detention at DMI.