How journalists battle harassment, assaults under repressive 'democratic' govts
"It has been over a week since Segun’s abduction, yet his whereabouts are still unknown. His phone was switched off and no one has contacted his distressed family."
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"It has been over a week since Segun’s abduction, yet his whereabouts are still unknown. His phone was switched off and no one has contacted his distressed family."
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, at least 19 journalists have been killed – mostly in questionable circumstances.
“Thugs and unknown gunmen followed closely the police in the number of attacks against journalists and media houses.”
Daily Post Nigeria Published At least, forty-one people have been killed in the last one month in various violent attacks in some parts of Oyo State. DAILY POST gathered that those who were killed were either killed by gunmen whose whereabouts has not been ascertain, those killed by suspected hoodlums, armed robbers and those killed by policemen in an attempt to evade arrest. Our correspondent recalls that the innocent citizens were killed between Saturday 5th June and 5th of July this year. They were killed at different locations in major towns and villages in the state. Some of the location...