{"id":17244,"date":"2017-09-14T23:32:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T22:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=17244"},"modified":"2017-09-14T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T22:32:35","slug":"ipc-condemns-army-invasion-abia-state-nuj-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ipc-condemns-army-invasion-abia-state-nuj-secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":"IPC Condemns Army Invasion of Abia State NUJ Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/ipcng.org\">International Press Centre<\/a> (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the recent invasion of Abia State NUJ secretariat by Nigerian soldiers of Operation Python Dance on Tuesday 12<sup>th<\/sup> of September, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In a release made available to <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\">National Wire<\/a> by IPC\u2019s Assistant\/Safety Desk Officer, Melody Akinjiyan the media NGO will not condone any attack on \u00a0journalists.<\/p>\n<p>According to media report, \u201cthe military personnel reportedly beat up journalists at sight and destroyed their working tools, furniture, documents and other property yet to be quantified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade in the statement described the unprovoked attack as shameful and a clampdown on democracy as the list of attacked journalists recently seems to grow daily with the worrisome trend becoming more condemnable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the military wants to exercise its authority and strength it should be channeled into assisting the media to make progress in a democratic era and not victimizing the media professionals,\u201d Arogundade said.<\/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>IPC therefore calls on the Chief of Defense Staff and Chief of Army Staff to thoroughly probe the incident so that all the personnel involved would be made to face the law.<\/p>\n<p>While this is being done, Mr. Arogundade said the military authorities should take immediate steps to replace all damaged equipment in the Abia State NUJ secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the recent invasion of Abia State NUJ secretariat by Nigerian soldiers of Operation Python Dance on Tuesday 12th of September, 2017. 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