One of the journalists attacked on the first day of the nationwide protest in Abuja, Jide Oyekunle, has accused CP Benedict Igwe, the Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory, of stealing his cell phone.
Reporters reporting the ongoing protests across the country said that on Thursday in Abuja, police attacked them.
The moment that FCT Police Command agents picked up Jide Oyekunle was caught on camera in a social media sensation.
The International Press Centre (IPC) denounced the development, claiming that some of the impacted journalists suffered injuries, were taken into custody, or had their equipment damaged.
LATEST: Police Confirm Killing Of Omoyele Sowore’s Younger Brother, Jide
The FCT Police Command’s public relations officer, SP Josephine Adeh, informed Newsmen that the claim was untrue.
However, Oyekunle—a photojournalist for Daily Independent and the chairman of the FCT Correspondents’ Chapel—spoke after his release in a video that is currently trending, claiming that the CP had ordered his detention and taken his phone away.
He said “The Commissioner of Police Benedict Igwe, right in my very presence, ordered my arrest and personally collected my phone from me and went away with it. As I’m speaking to you now he is still with my phone.”
He said the FCT Commissioner of Police,Benedict Igwe ordered his men to to do this to him,
He’s Jide Oyekunle, NUJ Abuja chairman, https://t.co/NnPzi2DFqR pic.twitter.com/EPHc8Tlgnk
— Chude Nnamdi (@chude__) August 2, 2024
Follow us on Facebook
Post Disclaimer
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author and forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of Anaedo Online or official policies of the Anaedo Online.