IPC CONDEMNS RECENT ATTACK ON TWO
JOURNALISTS
The International Press Centre
(IPC), Lagos- Nigeria has condemned the abduction of the Controller of News,
Radio Benue and the detention of the publisher of Policy and Lawmakers Magazine
Kogi, which was reported during the weekend.
According to reports from Punch and
The Guardian, Friday Ogungbemi, the publisher of Policy and Lawmakers Magazine
was picked up last Wednesday by men of the Department of State Services
following a publication which allegedly criticized the Chief of Staff to the
State Governor Edward Onojo, while Mrs. Yuadoo Tor-Agbidye, the Controller of
News, Radio Benue was abducted by four unidentified men at her residence 4:
30a.m on Friday.
The Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre
Arogundade in a statement said, “both occurrences are unfortunate, and raises
more concern about the safety of journalists in Nigeria which is yet to be
fully addressed. These occurrences call for the need to further address the
safety of journalists, because if journalists are going to be effective in
carrying out their duties, they must be rest assured that they are safe.”
IPC therefore pleads for the release
of Mrs. Yuadoo Tor-Agbidye who was abducted, and Friday Ogungbemi who was
unlawfully detained by the DSS, and also calls on the intervention of Media
Stakeholders and Security Agencies on these issues. The perpetrators of these
acts should also be dealt with consequently.
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