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STOP EMBARASSING JOURNALISTS FOR CARRYING OUT LEGITIMATE DUTIES, NUJ TELLS NIGERIAN POLICE

However, in a statement by the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Abdulwaheed Odusile, tagged,’Enough is Enough’ condemned in the strongest terms the arrest and detention of the reporter.

The statement made available to Penpushing stated further that the union was horrified by the constant harassment and molestation of journalists by the Police and other agents of the State and requested that such should abate forthwith.

‘It should be noted that confidentiality of sources is necessary for good journalism to flourish and Journalists should not be coerced into revealing such sources. We call for the immediate and unconditional release  of Samuel Ogundipe and an end to all forms of impunity against the media’,Odusile wrote.

 

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