{"id":56342,"date":"2022-02-24T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=56342"},"modified":"2022-02-24T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:01:35","slug":"abducted-journalists-ipc-welcomes-freedom-of-journalists-condemns-harassment-of-media-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/abducted-journalists-ipc-welcomes-freedom-of-journalists-condemns-harassment-of-media-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Abducted Journalists: IPC Welcomes Freedom of Journalists, Condemns Harassment Of Media Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria is delighted that the News Crew of The Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) abducted by unknown gunmen on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, while covering the 2022 Enugu Local Government elections, have regained freedom.<\/p>\n<p>They were reportedly attacked at Obeagu in Enugu South Local Government Area on their way to Agbani, Nkanu West Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>Vanguard newspaper had on Wednesday reported that: \u201cthe media team comprises a driver, a cameraman, and three reporters. Also with them was a reporter with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN\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>Two of the ESBS reporters, Chiamaka Ezeaputa and Chigozie Alex-Nwafor and driver, Ebuka Ogbozor however escaped the abduction according to reports, which claimed they narrowly missed being killed.<\/p>\n<p>IPC\u2019s Executive Director, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said: \u201cIt is pleasant news that they are back alive, but it remains extremely worrisome that journalists and other media professionals continue to fall prey to dangerous elements amidst the general insecurity in the country\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>The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria is delighted that the News Crew of The Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) abducted by unknown gunmen on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, while covering the 2022 Enugu Local Government elections, have regained freedom.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[703],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-56342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-ipc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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