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Journalist Covering Protests Must Wear Media Jackets, Carry ID – Abuja Police
Abuja Police Commissioner Ben Igweh mandates journalists to wear media jackets and carry ID during protests; DSS arrests #EndBadGovernance protest leader Micheal Lenin.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Commissioner of Police in Abuja, Ben Igweh, has requested that journalists intending to cover the ongoing nationwide protests dress in their media organizations’ jackets and carry valid means of identification.
The spokesperson for the command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
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“The Commissioner of Police FCT Command directed me to inform all pressmen who intend to go out and cover the ongoing national protests to adequately dress in the attire of their respective media organizations and also come along with a valid means of identification,” she said.
This directive comes a day after personnel of the Nigerian Police Force and the State Security Service (SSS) allegedly shot at journalists covering the protest at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja.
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Meanwhile, the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Micheal Lenin.
Lenin was arrested around 2 a.m. on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the nation’s capital city by DSS operatives.
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Confirming the development, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, told Punch that Lenin’s house was raided by the DSS. He alleged that the DSS also assaulted Lenin during his arrest.
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