The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos has called on security operatives in Calabar to immediately investigate and apprehend alleged perpetrators of recent attacks on journalists working with Akwa Ibom State Broadcasting Corporation, AKBC.
IPC made the call in its reaction to a news report by Leadership Online that, “a news editor with the Akwa Ibom State Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC), Harrison Essien, was attacked by gunmen at the AKBC Transmitting Station, Ntak Inyang, few metres from Calabar-Itu Highway in Uyo yesterday, October 20, 2019.”
The report added that few weeks ago, five employees of the same broadcasting corporation were attacked by armed robbers in the same location, even as most of the victims were at the time of the report, were being treated for the injuries sustained during the attack.
According to the Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, in a statement, demanded that the State Commissioner of Police should immediately probe the recent attacks and take the necessary actions while the alleged perpetrators should be made to face the consequences of their actions.
“Security agencies and vigilante groups should come to the aid of the staff of the organisation by beefing up security in the area,” Arogundade added.
