{"id":18154,"date":"2017-10-12T17:29:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18154"},"modified":"2017-10-12T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:29:25","slug":"kogi-house-attack-ipc-condemns-continuous-attack-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/kogi-house-attack-ipc-condemns-continuous-attack-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi House Attack: IPC Condemns Continuous Attack on Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Press Centre, Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the continuous attack on journalists by security men at the Kogi State government house.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from Punch Newspaper, \u201cFor the second time in one month, the Kogi State Government House security men on Wednesday, 11<sup>th<\/sup> October allegedly brutalized Mr. Wale Odunsi, an editor with Daily Post (online publication) in an effort to honour the invitation of the online media team of the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, which is headed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, James Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade in a statement described the assault on journalists by security men attached to the Kogi state government house as a great concern to the press and all its stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly three weeks ago, Mr. Segun Salami of Channels Television was reportedly beaten up, dragged on the floor and locked up in the government house cell. This calls for serious concern and attention by all concerned parties,\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 is therefore urging the Kogi State Governor and the state Commissioner of Police to immediately probe this growing trend of attack on journalists within the premises of the State house and take necessary actions against the erring security personnel, in order to forestall a re-occurrence.<\/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, Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the continuous attack on journalists by security men at the Kogi State government house. 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