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The Guardian Reporter Assaulted By Lagos Task Force Officials

  • Date of Occurrence
    January 26, 2017
  • State/Country
    Lagos, Nigeria
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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
  • State/Country
    Lagos
  • Perpetrator
    Officials of the Lagos Task Force on Environmental and Special Forces Unit
  • 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
  • Source
    https://guardian.ng/news/day-lagos-task-force-assaulted-the-guardian-reporter/
Location
  • Lagos, Nigeria

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Region
  • South West
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Press Freedom
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Female
Mode of Attacks
  • Unlawful Killings, Physical Attacks, Torture, Degrading Treatment

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