{"id":12403,"date":"2017-04-19T10:20:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T09:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=12403"},"modified":"2017-04-19T10:20:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T09:20:22","slug":"ipc-condemns-gruesome-killing-of-journalist-famous-giobaro-calls-for-urgent-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ipc-condemns-gruesome-killing-of-journalist-famous-giobaro-calls-for-urgent-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"IPC CONDEMNS GRUESOME KILLING OF JOURNALIST FAMOUS GIOBARO, CALLS FOR URGENT INVESTIGATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

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,\u00a0who was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his residence on Sunday, April 16, 2017.<\/p>\n

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. and shot 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.<\/p>\n

In a release made available to National Wire and signed by IPC\u2019s Program Associate, Sanmi Falobi, the Director of the media NGO, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said on 17th<\/sup> April that the killing of the journalist brings to fore serious concerns for the safety of journalists in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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\u201d, Arogundade stated.<\/p>

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According to Arogundade, the killing has again reinforced IPC\u2019s beliefs that journalists\u2019 are under threat in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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\u2019, Arogundade added while sympathizing with family members of the journalist and the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in particular.<\/p>\n

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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,\u00a0who was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his residence on Sunday, April 16, 2017. 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