{"id":15372,"date":"2017-07-11T14:27:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=15372"},"modified":"2017-07-11T14:27:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:27:29","slug":"ipc-expresses-shock-murder-nta-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ipc-expresses-shock-murder-nta-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"IPC expresses shock over murder of NTA reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Press Centre, Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the murder of Mr. Lawrence Okojie a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority, Benin City, Edo State-Nigeria, who was allegedly killed by gunmen on the night of Saturday July 8, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In a release sent to <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\">National Wire<\/a> and signed by Melody Akinjiyan, Program Assistant\/Safety Desk Officer for the International Press Centre, Media reports said the deceased was dropped off by NTA staff bus at Ogunola Junction in Benin around 8PM on Saturday and thereafter called to inform his wife that he was on his way home. But several hours later his wife could not reach him leading to apprehension and search that led to the discovery of his corpse in a morgue in the city on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade described the killing of the journalist as shocking, unfortunate and therefore deserving of urgent investigation.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is one killing too many. It is very sad that journalists are still being murdered in cold blood with no one so far prosecuted and convicted for the acts\u201d, Mr. Arogundade said adding that the Police should make the case of journalist Okojie a turning point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arogundade also said the death of journalist Okojie has again reinforced the need for media stakeholders to meet and brainstorm on measures to safeguard the life of journalists and other media professionals while putting up stout defense of media freedom in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Press Centre, Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the murder of Mr. Lawrence Okojie a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority, Benin City, Edo State-Nigeria, who was allegedly killed by gunmen on the night of Saturday July 8, 2017. 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