Stay updated with breaking news from Petrus Obi. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Media Rights Agenda asks Nigeria's inspector general of police to stop public officials and powerful individuals from taking punitive actions against critical journalists.
A group, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the inspector-general of police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to end the growing trend of public officials and
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to investigate the pattern of police abuse of their powers to silence and punish journalists and media organizations carrying out their constitutionally assigned duties. The group lamented the growing trend of public officials and other powerful individuals using the police to silence and punish journalists who publish negative reports about them. It added that the police have become a tool in the hands of such people to shield themselves from scrutiny.
The dark days of dictatorial intimidation of the media may have returned to Enugu as Governor Peter Mbah has allegedly begun to implement a programme of indiscriminate arrest and intimidation of journalists for doing their job. Mbah, who is allegedly implementing this with the active collaboration of the Nigeria Police Force, on Friday, July 7, 2023, facilitated the arrest and detention of the publisher of News Centre, an online blog, Mike Ilediagu, by the anti-kidnapping unit of the Enugu State Police Command.
IPOB promises to defend journalists in the region because ‘they are on the side of truth.’ | Pulse Nigeria