Thugs allegedly loyal to Ekiti state governor beat up Nigerian journalist, Kamorudeen Ogundele in Ekiti. The thugs are still spotted at the
House of Assembly Complex. He was beaten up for taking pictures as
many of the loyalists of the governor and
members of the Peoples Democratic Party lined up all the major streets
leading to the complex to prevent the 19 APC lawmakers from gaining
entry to the assembly to actualise their move to impeach Fayose.
In Kamorudeen's words, “I was about leaving the place
when I saw the women praying for peace to reign in the state. I felt it
was a spiritual approach to the trouble in the state, so I decided to
take the picture. The thugs emerged from their hideouts and swooped on
me... I
kept shouting ‘I’m a journalist’ but they did not show me mercy as they
pounced on me. They were like 50 persons kicking me all at the same
time. They dragged me out of the car and continued hitting me. At a
time, one of them went to carry a big plank of wood in an attempt to hit
my head... two policemen raced to the scene to
intervene but they were overwhelmed by the mob. One of the policemen
started shouting, ‘run, run, run, don’t let them kill you!’ I thought
the end had come because they continued beating me. Luckily for me, a
few among them felt they had beaten me enough and started fighting their
colleagues to let me go. I capitalised on their disagreement and with
the help of the police, I quickly escaped.”
The governor later called one of the
leaders of the Nigerian Union of Journalist in the state to apologise
for his supporters’ action. He also expressed regret over the mob
action. Governor Fayose has called the NUJ to apologise for the action
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