Press Release
IPC CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE
INVESTIGATION ON RECENT ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS IN CALABAR
The International Press Centre
(IPC), Lagos is calling on security operatives in Calabar to immediately
investigate and apprehend alleged perpetrators of recent attacks on journalists
working with Akwa Ibom state Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC).
Details from Leadership Online
Portal has it that, “a news editor with the Akwa Ibom state Broadcasting
Corporation (AKBC), Harrison Essien was attacked by gunmen at the AKBC
Transmitting Station, Ntak Inyang, few meters from Calabar-Itu highway in
Uyo yesterday, October 20, 2019.”
“It will be recalled that few weeks ago, five
employees of the same Broadcasting Corporation were attacked by armed robbers
in the same location, even as most of the victims are currently treating
injuries sustained during the attack, the report said.”
The Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade
in a statement demanded that the State Commissioner of Police should
immediately probe the recent attacks and take the necessary actions while the alleged
perpetrators should be made to face the consequences of their actions.
“Security agencies and
vigilante groups should come to the aid of the staff of the organization by
beefing up security in the area,” Arogundade added.
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