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...

BANDITS THINK THEY ARE SERVING GOD, SAYS GUMI. (PHOTO).


 Bandits think they are serving God, says Gumi


Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, says bandits think they are serving by committing crimes.


Gumi said this in a Facebook post on Sunday while reacting to the seizure of Mines Resistant Armour Personnels (MRAPs) by bandits.


The MRAPs are said to have belonged to the military and were seized by bandits led by Bello Turji, a notorious kingpin known for his activities around the axis of Zamfara state.


A viral video of the bandits jubilating after setting MRAPs on fire has since gone viral on the internet.


In the post, Gumi said the bandits were fighting an “ethnic war that could easily be resolved” at the initial stage.


The Islamic cleric said he warned the authorities against intensifying their kinetic approach against them, but they did not listen.


“Initially Bandits were fighting an ethnic war that could easily be resolved,” Gumi said in the post entitled “Radicalisation of Bandits: I warned against the danger”.


“I warned if the kinetic approach is intensified they will turn into ideologically motivated guerilla warfare. Nobody listened.


“The difference between the former and the latter is that ideological war is mostly intractable, BH (Boko Haram) as an example.


“They commit the same crime but this time they think they are serving God. The picture is gloomy.”

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