About 250 journalists who covered the 2019 general elections were molested and attacked during the course of discharging their lawful duties on election days, the International Press Centre, a human rights organisation, said on Tuesday.
The organisation therefore demanded the provision of protective wears, including bullet-resistant vest for journalists that would cover the 2023 general elections.
The five online media monitored were The Cable, Premium Times, Eagle Online, RealNews and The Authority. Asked if there was need for security agencies to provide journalists with bulletproof vest, he responded, “I don’t know whether that would be a violation of Police Act and I don’t know if it is allowed. But you see, we need to have this conversation with them.
“Though, no journalist was killed on election day in 2019, 250 journalists were molested across the country including some of them who were accredited, particularly by overzealous law enforcement agencies. “So beyond elections, it is worrisome that not less than nine journalists have been killed and there have been no investigation, talk less of prosecution of the killers as we speak. And of course, we knew that of the Vanguard reporter . So it is a reality that journalists in Nigeria are facing a lot of threats.
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