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Publisher Alleges
Attack, Petitions Authorities
The Publisher of Warri-based “Mirror”
Newspaper, Mr. Alex Oritsegbeyiwa has alleged that he was attacked by
armed youths in Warri, Delta State in July 2005 and
petitioned the Acting Inspector- General of Police (IG), Mr. Sunday
Ehindero and President Olusegun Obasanjo asking them to order an
investigation into the attack.
The publisher alleged that, on July 30,
2005, about 50 youths, he believed to be agents of the Secretary to the
Delta State Government, descended on him and inflicted injuries on him
while he was returning from a burial ceremony.
The publisher alleged that the youths
acted on the instructions of the Secretary, because of a publication in
the July edition of the newspaper, which they said, portrayed the
Secretary in bad light.
He said the youths battered him with
various weapons and later stripped him naked in the public glare.
He alleged further that the youths
pursued him to a building where he ran into for safety, and threatened to
burn the house should the occupants refuse to hand him over.
He said he reported the battery at a
nearby police division, where a policewoman on duty referred him to the
Central Hospital
for medication.
The publisher has expressed fears on the
safety of his immediate family members and that of the entire staff of the
newspaper company.
He therefore appealed
to the President and the AIG of Police to use their good offices to ensure
that the matter was properly investigated and the culprits are brought to
book, pointing out that the incident is a clear case of attempted murder. |
