NUJ GIVES RIVERS POLICE 14 DAYS TO APOLOGIZE FOR ASSAULTING JOURNALISTS OR FACE MEDIA BLACKOUT. (PHOTO).

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  The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Rivers State Police Command, demanding a public apology for the assault on five journalists during a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt. Failure to comply, the union warned, would result in a statewide media blackout. In a statement jointly signed by Council Chairman Comrade Paul Bazia and Secretary Dr. Ijeoma Tubosia, the NUJ condemned the police actions as “unprovoked, barbaric, and inhuman,” calling for the immediate identification and prosecution of the officers involved. “The NUJ, as a watchdog of society, will not sit idly by while media practitioners are subjected to barbarism and brutality. Enough is enough,” the statement read, adding that further attacks on journalists would be “vehemently resisted.” The assaulted journalists—Charles Opurum of Channels TV, Allwell Ene of Naija FM, Soibelemari Oruwari of Nigeria Info, Ikezam Godswill of AIT, and Femi Ogunkhilede of Supe...

SUSPECTED BALLOT SNATCHER SHOT DEAD IN KEBBI STATE. (PHOTO).



Suspected Ballot Snatcher Shot Dead In Kebbi State


April 15, 2023

    

A suspected ballot box snatcher has been shot dead by soldiers on patrol at Bajida polling unit 001, Fakai Local Government Area of Kebbi South.


The yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly shot dead while he was attempting to snatch a ballot box from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the ongoing supplementary elections in the state.


According to eyewitnesses in the area, the deceased was a member of the proscribed Yansakai, a local volunteer vigilante group.


He was said to have intruded into the polling unit claiming to be a security agent.


He was alleged to have attempted to snatch a gun from a soldier at the polling unit when he was shot.


“He and his group rushed to the polling unit trying to snatch the ballot box as INEC officials were moving the ballot box to the collation centre.


“Efforts to stop him by people at the polling unit failed and as he struggled to collect the gun from a soldier he was shot by another soldier,” an eyewitness said.

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