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I Won t Give Up The Fight For Justice – Wife Of Journalist Killed By Police During Shiite Protest Says

I Won t Give Up The Fight For Justice – Wife Of Journalist Killed By Police During Shiite Protest Says When he left for work, the journalist did not know that he would not return home to see his wife and two-year-old daughter again. by SaharaReporters, New York Jan 21, 2021 Francisca Ogbu, the wife of a journalist, Alex Ogbu, who was killed by armed policemen while covering a peaceful protest of the Islamic Movement of Nigerian, otherwise known as Shiites, has vowed not to give up in the fight for justice for her late husband. Ogbu was a journalist with the Regent Africa Times Magazine. He was shot in the head by the anti-riot policemen of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command who were drafted to maintain law and order on January 21, 2021, during the peaceful rally by the movement at Berger Roundabout in Abuja.

Breaking News | Nigeria: Concern As 4 Out of 30 Journalists Killed in 2020 Are Nigerians

Views: Visits 12 The number of journalists murdered in retaliation for their work more than doubled in 2020, as criminal gangs and militant groups targeted reporters working in violent but democratic nations. According to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published on December 22 by its deputy director, Jennifer Dunham, the number of journalists killed in relation to their work has doubled in the year 2020. The numbers are worrying and it is clear that even in Nigeria, journalists are not safe. The co-founder of the Centre Against Brutality and for Safety of Journalists in Africa (CAPSOJA), Barrister Ugochukwu Ezekiel, stated that at least five journalists were killed in Nigeria this year, while many suffered injuries.

Daily Trust - Concern as 4 out of 30 journalists killed in 2020 are Nigeri

The numbers are worrying and it is clear that even in Nigeria, journalists are not safe. The co-founder of the Centre Against Brutality and for Safety of Journalists in Africa (CAPSOJA), Barrister Ugochukwu Ezekiel, stated that at least four journalists were killed in Nigeria this year, while many suffered injuries. The timeline of deaths In January, Alex Ogbu, an editor with Regent Africa, was killed by the police during a protest by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) in Abuja. In the same month, Maxwell Nashan of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria was found bound, gagged and hacked to death in Yola, Adamawa State.

Africa: 2020 Was a Hazardous Year for African Journalists Marked By Killings, Harassment, Arrests, Covid

Africa: 2020 Was a Hazardous Year for African Journalists Marked By Killings, Harassment, Arrests, Covid
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