{"id":100344,"date":"2022-10-15T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100344"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:05:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:05:46","slug":"court-remands-two-kwara-journalists-over-petition-by-governors-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/court-remands-two-kwara-journalists-over-petition-by-governors-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Remands Two Kwara Journalists Over Petition By Governor\u2019s Spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1746751464358706791\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Ilorin Magistrate Court, in Kwara State has remanded two journalists at the Oke-Kura correctional facility.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The journalists, Sobi FM\u2019s Dare Akogun and Fresh Insight TV\u2019s Abdulrasheed Akogun were remanded till October 19, the date of the next court hearing.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The journalists, both brothers, had been detained by the state\u2019s Commissioner of Police (CP) Tuesday Assayomo following a petition by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ajakaye alleged that Abdulrasheed posted a comment on a WhatsApp group, accusing him of corruption and utilising public funds to the tune of N15 million naira to prosecute a Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) election in the state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Police Commissioner who received the petition ordered the brothers to tender a written apology to the CPS or be taken to court.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The brothers chose to appear in court, prompting CP Assayomo to order their detention, on Thursday<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, before the hearing began at the Magistrate Court on Friday, journalists in the state had embarked on a peaceful protest at the state police command headquarters against the detention of the two journalists.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The police, however, clamped down on the protesters, and according to the Head, Media and Current Affairs at Sobi FM Adebayo Abubakar, some journalists were detained.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI gathered that two journalists have been beaten up and dragged into the cell, after having been tear-gassed,\u201d Abubakar told The ICIR.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, a national alliance of media and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) condemned the detention of the journalists in a statement.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is worthy of note that the conflict between press freedom in law and practice remains evident in Nigeria, where journalists are tagged as \u2018extremists\u2019, criminalized and detained, using legal systems to stifle them whenever they pry into the prevailing bad governance.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNo other industry has been confronted with such a degree of official antagonism; and the effect is felt not only by journalists but also by their audiences; the public that deserves the right to know and to access information,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-94301162386280432ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Ilorin Magistrate Court, in Kwara State has remanded two journalists at the Oke-Kura correctional facility. 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