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Edo NUJ: Attack On Journalists

Babeeta Eshieshi by Babeeta Eshieshi
February 20, 2024
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Edo NUJ: Attack On Journalists

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State council, has declared a war of Armageddon on the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress for assaulting its members in the state.

Recall that some Journalists who covered the APC’s gubernatorial primaries on Saturday, 16, February, 2024 were beaten to a pulp at the Lushville hotel in Benin, venue of the Collation of the gubernatorial primaries while their gadgets were also destroyed in the process.

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The chairman, Comrade Festus Alenkhe while expressing his resentment, gave the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, a 7-day ultimatum to apologize to the union over the attacks on its members or be prepared for a media war.

The chairman of the council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe, while reading the directives of the national leadership of the union to his members in Benin during a press conference, said that it was a show of shame for Journalists who have the legitimate rights to cover electioneering process to be rough handled.

Comrade Alenkhe read the directives as follows “That the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State council met on the directives of the national leadership and we have resolved as follows, that the NUJ, Edo State council, is fully ready to declare a media war against the All Progressives Congress if the following things are not meant.

“That APC, Edo State is expected to replace all the damaged equipment of Journalists that were covering the event, on the 17 day of February, 2024, pay medical bills of Journalists injured during the attack, apologize to the NUJ at both state and national over the attack where Journalists were being manhandled, and their equipment destroyed, where Journalists were also prevented from carrying out their legitimate duty.

“This, Edo NUJ council described as unacceptable and we condemned this act heavily.

“The Commissioner of Police in Edo State, should help fish out all those who were responsible for the attack and ensure that they are prosecuted because the report says that some of them are very known as they never wore masks

“We want to request very strongly that the management of the hotel where the incident happened, should make available to us the CCTV footage of the incident and this should be made public and also help the police in doing their investigations.

“We want to also call on the management of the hotel to ensure that this footage will be used by us and also being given to the police where some of those who have carried out that act will be arrested and prosecuted.

“Lastly, we want to say that the Edo State election coming up

In September 2024 is not a do-or-die . I therefore direct all journalists to cover the news.

We want to say other parties that want to have their Primaries should ensure adequate security in the various locations, the police, DSS, NSCDC, and other security agencies should ensure the safety of all Journalists”,

One of the Journalists working with the Arise Television, Abraham Godwin, whose laptop was smashed alleged that all that happened to him at the Collation center of the APC, was done in the presence of the security personnel.

He lamented that non could come to his rescue.

Other journalists also gave their horrible accounts and how they scampered for safety.

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