Police and officials from the Benue State Water Board detained Pius Iroja Angbo, a correspondent with the Channels Television, and cameraman Mike Umele for recording video footages of water theft in the water corporation. They were taken to the Benue State Police Headquarters where they were detained for three hours in order to get them to delete the video. They were later released by Benue state Police Commissioner with the video footage intact.
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Date of Occurrence
2016-05-18
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State/Country
Benue State, Nigeria
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Perpetrator
Police and officials from the Benue State Water Board
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Legal Foundation
Sections 22 and 39 of the 1999 Constitution
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Source
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