ABEOKUTA – Chairman, Ogun State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Wole Shokunbi on Thursday led media practitioners in the state on a peaceful protest over harassment, arrest and unlawful detention of journalists in the country .
Comrade Shokunbi who described the attacks as ‘barbaric’ said, journalists can no longer accept the usurpation on journalists by the Nigerian government and its agents.
The protesting journalists who stormed the NUJ Press Centre, Iwe-Iroyin House, in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta at the early hours of Thursday with various placards inscriptions such as; “Enough of Attacks of Journalists and Media Houses”, “Government Should respect Freedom of Press “, “No To Resurrection of Decree 2 of 1984, It is a Monster ” among others.
The Ogun NUJ Boss who added that the protest was not to attack the government, called on the government and all security agencies to allow the rule of law to prevail and respect the constitutional right of the press.
Reacting, the Ogun State Commissioner for Information, Otunba Dayo Adeneye commended the media men for displaying decency and staging peaceful protest, assuring them the support of the state government.
Adeneye who was represented by the S.A on Media to the Ogun State governor promised that, no journalists in the state would be harassed unduly.