Journalists Demand Probe as Police Assault Editor in Abuja

Journalists demand probe as Police assault editor in Abuja

An editor with online newspaper, Pinnacle Daily, Sunday Michael Ogwu, was reportedly beaten and had his phone seized by police officers attached to the Lugbe Police Station in Abuja on Wednesday. The incident which generated wide condemnation in the media space occurred while covering a demolition exercise at the Lugbe Federal Housing Estate in the Federal Capital Territory, on Wednesday. Ogwu is the immediate past Group Business Editor of Daily…

CWPPF condemns police attack on Abuja journalist, demands probe, full compensation

“We reiterate firmly that journalism is not a crime and that the duty of the press to hold public institutions accountable is guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution,” the coalition said. The post CWPPF condemns police attack on Abuja journalist, demands probe, full compensation appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Alleged Abuja Police Brutality: Journalist Beaten with Electric Cable, Phone Destroyed

By Joycelyn Ellakeche Adah Police operatives in Lugbe, Abuja, have been accused of beating a journalist with an electric cable during a demolition exercise while he attempted to document the operation. The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) said the Editor of Pinnacle Daily, Sunday Michael Ogwu, was allegedly beaten twice by officers of the Lugbe Police Division and members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) o…

CWPPF condemns the violent assault, harassment, and phone destruction of Pinnacle Daily Editor, Sunday Michael Ogwu, by Police operatives in Lugbe

The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) strongly condemns the violent physical assault, harassment, unlawful seizure, and destruction of working tools belonging to Sunday Michael Ogwu, Editor of Pinnacle Daily, by officers of the Nigeria Police Force, supervised and led by the DPO of the Lugbe Police Division and members of the Vigilante […]