From Musliudeen Adebayo Some immigration officers have assaulted some journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Among the journalists that were assaulted are Seun Falomo, a cameraman with Galaxy Television.
The incident occurred on Friday, few minutes after Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency official was arrested and detained for apprehending an immigration personnel who violated traffic rules. Sources disclosed that the immigration officers retaliated by arresting the OYRTMA official, stripping him naked, and locking him up at their Zone F headquarters on Old Ife Road in Ibadan.
Our correspondent reports that the incident is coming few days after some operatives of Department of State Service assaulted a journalist in the state. https://dailypost.ng/2024/03/29/dss-operatives-brutalize-journalist-in-ibadan/ Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists , Oyo state council, Comrade Ademola Babalola, described the incident as worrisome. Babalola in a short statement issued on Friday, appealed to journalists to be mindful of overzealous security operatives.
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