Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sympathized with the Secretary of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Bunmi Adigun over attack by security aides attached to Governor Ademola Adeleke.
Adigun who works with the Ogun State Television (OGT) was reportedly attacked, harassed, manhandled and rough-handled by the governor’s security aides in Ogun State on Friday.
He narrated in print and video recording, how the overzealous security aides became unruly and comported themselves in a manner which cast doubt on their professionalism.
The harassed journalist who was on a lawful duty to cover the 66th birthday anniversary celebration of the Abepa of Joga-Orile, Oba Adeyemi Adekeye and the conferment of a chieftaincy title on Adeleke said he could ‘imagine how it would have been if the occasion were to be in Osun State’.
Adigun who said that he tried to get to those who harassed him and some cameramen “noticed that their tormentors were putting on a different uniform from the normal police uniform we all know, bellaruslike, no name tag, they were on nose mask.”
The chairman of the Osun State chapter of the APC, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal who commented on the matter condemned the attack on the journalist and some cameramen.
Lawal congratulated the harassed journalist that he is alive to tell the story, saying that the brutish action of the security operatives.
The state APC chairman stated that the attack on the journalists by the operatives was sadistic and wicked which should be condemned by all right-thinking members of the society.
He asked why Governor Adeleke has been attracting negative media reportage to the State of Virtues known for her Omoluabi ethos.
Lawal also questioned the rationale behind the operatives putting on a different uniform from the normal police uniform, no name tag, covering their noses and faces with nose masks.
He said, “it is incumbent on the Inspector-General of Police(IGP) to investigate the needless and brutal attack on the innocent journalist and the cameramen who were rough handled and attacked thereby subjecting the image of the police into disrepute.
“The IGP should also find out if the indecorum Adeleke security aides who threw caution to the wind by assaulting the journalist and cameramen are either fake or authentic police because of their uniform which is different from the one accustomed to by the citizenry.”
