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The International Press Centre on Tuesday faulted the recent closure of some media organisations by the Zamfara State government, describing it as unacceptable and a violation of the rule of law.
While suggesting that the Presidency should caution Governor Bello Matawalle as he had acted beyond his executive powers, the IPC also called on the Inspector-General of Police to provide the necessary protection to all journalists and media outlets within Zamfara State and its environs, as envisaged under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
A statement by Zamfara Commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Dosara, had also directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to arrest all pressmen that attended an event organised by the PDP governorship candidate, Dauda Lawal Dare.
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