PUNCH Newspapers’ reporter in Ebonyi State, Mr Edward Nnachi, has been attacked by a suspected official of the Ebonyi State Neighbourhood Security Watch.
The reporter had after his daily news gathering activities on Thursday went to the Government House for some enquiries when he was accosted by the suspect.On entering the tricycle, the official blocked the way and ordered the reporter to alight and follow him or face his anger.
At this point, Nnachi accepted to follow him to the commissioner’s office, while also calling the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah, on the phone. It took the intervention of some policemen on patrol, who arrived at the scene, to save the journalist. This reporter has been under pressure from some appointees of the state government over a report he did on Ezzagu community, in the Ishielu Local Government Area of the state, where he brought to public knowledge the plights of the people of the area.
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