NUJ SENDS SOS TO IG. PRESS RELEASE 23/03/14 The Chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Tarinyo Akono has sent an SOS to the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubaka to prevail on the Bayelsa State command of the force to protect journalists in the state from being harassed by thugs. He said one month after thugs attacked journalists at the Press Centre and injured journalists holding congress meeting including an octogenarian journalist, Pa Simon Ambakederimo the police have not prosecuted the four thugs it arrested. The Police rather freed the thugs same evening they were arrested. ‘While we demand for the prosecution of the four thugs, we want to urge the police to allow the union to settle its internal matter in line with the constitution of the NUJ’. Akono said. He however accused the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Markson Iworiso, the General Manager of the State owned Glory FM-97.1, Mr Lawson Heyford and the General Manager of the state owned Niger Delta Television, Mr Tamarakuro Oweifie of being behind the current crisis in the NUJ. Akono called on the Chief Press Secretary to work towards improving the poor media relations between the government and the Press in the state, saying it has never been this bad since the state was created in 1999. Tarinyo Akono Chairman. 23/03/14
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:11:50 +0000
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