The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has said that attacks on media practitioners, activists, and other civic actors are on the rise in Nigeria with recent reports of an increasing spate of repressive attacks in South-East Nigeria.
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to investigate the pattern of police abuse of their powers to silence and punish journalists and media organizations carrying out their constitutionally assigned duties. The group lamented the growing trend of public officials and other powerful individuals using the police to silence and punish journalists who publish negative reports about them. It added that the police have become a tool in the hands of such people to shield themselves from scrutiny.
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