IPC
CONDEMNS GRUESOME KILLING OF JOURNALIST FAMOUS GIOBARO, CALLS FOR URGENT
INVESTIGATION
The
International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the brutal murder
of Mr. Famous Giobaro, of the Bayelsa State-owned radio station, Glory FM
97.1, who was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his residence on Sunday,
April 16, 2017.
Giobaro,
who worked as a Desk Editor in the station, was reportedly attacked in his
house located in a mini estate at the INEC Road area in Yenagoa, the state
capital, by unknown gunmen who broke into his apartment around 5:00a.m. andshot
him many times in the stomach at close range and left without stealing
anything. It was gathered that the killers gained access to his house by
climbing the fence through a ladder after cutting the barbwires.
Director
of IPC, Mr. LanreArogundade in a statement today (April 17, 2017), said
that the killing of the journalist brings to fore serious concerns for the
safety of journalists in Nigeria.
“
We are calling on the Bayelsa State Government to show commitments and
investigate the alleged assassination of Journalist Giobaro who is a staff of
the state government. This is one incident that should not be allowed to lie
low and we also call on the Inspector General of Police to investigate the
matter with a sense of urgency”, Arogundade stated.
According
to Arogundade, the killing has again reinforced IPC’s beliefs that journalists’
are under threat in Nigeria.
“We
have had many unresolved issues with journalists in recent past and it will be
a rape on democracy under this dispensation if a journalist can just be gunned
down in such a manner’, Arogundade added while sympathizing with family members
of the journalist and the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigerian Union of
Journalists in particular.
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