{"id":55430,"date":"2022-01-18T02:59:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T01:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=55430"},"modified":"2022-01-18T03:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T02:15:04","slug":"investigate-attack-on-thunder-blowers-news-website-ipc-tasks-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/investigate-attack-on-thunder-blowers-news-website-ipc-tasks-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigate Attack On Thunder Blowers News Website, IPC Tasks Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1044\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IPC-Logo-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"International Press Centre\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IPC-Logo-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IPC-Logo.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lagos based media NGO, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcng.org\">International Press Centre<\/a> (IPC), is calling for thorough investigation following the recent attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderblowers.com.ng\">Thunder Blowers<\/a> news organisation and Mansur Rabiu who works as an editor of the news medium in Gusau, Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>In a release signed by Safety Alert Officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcng.org\">IPC<\/a>, Melody Akinjiyan, the attack was described as unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>According to Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ), \u201cEight men were involved in the attack of the journalists, the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Reading further, it says, \u201cThe attackers were to see Abdul Balarabe who is the website\u2019s Hausa language editor who was not around as at when they were in the building but ended up attacking Rabiu by beating him with sticks and inflicting injuries on him for over five minutes. They stopped when he escaped into a nearby room and locked the door until they all left\u201d. The attackers further broke eight desktop computers of the news medium, an internet server and carted away with technical equipment\u2019 on January 3rd, 2022, at 8:15pm\u201d.<\/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>The Executive Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcng.org\">IPC<\/a>, Mr. Lanre Arogundade however said that the incident was unfortunate and attacks on journalists would not be acceptable even as we begin a new year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are involved in this attack should be found and made to face the law. The Police should undergo a thorough investigation of this attack and many other unresolved attacks on journalists and ensure the unwelcome trend is halted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Arogundade however demanded that, \u201cThe journalists who were also affected should be compensated and their damaged equipment replaced because they are important professional tools.\u201d<\/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>Lagos based media NGO, the International Press Centre (IPC), is calling for thorough investigation following the recent attack on Thunder Blowers news organisation and Mansur Rabiu who works as an editor of the news medium in Gusau, Zamfara State. 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