Description
Guardian Reporter, Ujunwa Atueyi was assaulted by officials of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Forces Unit for taking pictures of ill-treatment and brutality meted out to an unidentified citizen during an early morning raid by officials of the Lagos Task Force Team.
The Guardian reporter, despite identifying herself as a journalist and carrying out her duties was harassed and compelled to delete the photographs. The leader of the team offered after the incident.
Details
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Date of Occurrence
2017-01-26
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State/Country
Lagos, Nigeria
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Perpetrator
Officials of the Lagos Task Force on Environmental and Special Forces Unit
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Legal Foundation
The legal foundation of this incident rests on Sections 22 which clearly stipulates the obligation of the mass media and Section 39 which provided in the 1999 constitution
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Source
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