The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday decried rising spate of attacks on journalists while on duty and urged security agencies to adopt stringent measures to check the trend.
Mr Hassan Hyet, its Chairman in Kaduna State, while on a solidarity and sympathy visit to the Kaduna chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), said that the consistent attack on media men was an assault on the entire society.
“Journalists have a statutory duty to educate and inform. Any attack on them will deny Nigerians the right to be educated and informed. That should be everyone’s concern,” Hyet said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that thugs invaded the NUJ secretariat on Sunday, when top members of the APC, including senators, House of Representatives members and party officials were addressing a press conference.
The press conference had centred on the…
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