On IGP Egbetokun's watch, the personnel of the Nigerian police have harassed and intimidated journalists without consequences – and he has been loudly silent about it.
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The continuous harassment of journalists would impact the overall quality of Nigeria’s democracy, said CJID’s Deputy Director, Journalism Project, Busola Ajibola.Mrs Ajibola, who oversees the Press Attack Tracker, worries the persistent intimidation of journalists may force them to self-censor themselves from indulging in critical investigative reporting.
She said the police’s intimidation of journalists might force journalists to over-self-censor themselves from writing critical investigative reporting. “Despite repeated pleas by our staff to the officers to allow the programme to come to an end before the guest could be arrested, they insisted whisking him away while the live programme was on,” Mr Okali said.
They included the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, Salihu Ayatullahi, and the Managing Editor, Adisa-Jaji Azeez. The rest are Salihu Taofeek and Taye Damilola. “It’s regrettable and unfortunate that, although his tenure is about to come to an end, he will be remembered for all the various human rights abuses that the police have been used to carry out, which include suppressing and intimidating journalists in the country,” he said.Mr Adeyanju said the police had suffered “almost everlasting reputational damage in the country”.
She noted that even high-ranking police officers do not know the role of journalists in a democratic society.
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