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NigeriaElections2023: TheCable journalist assaulted by ‘thugs’ in Delta | TheCable NigeriaDecides NigeriaElections2023

February 25, 2023 11:51 PM

Olabimtan, who was deployed to the state to cover the ongoing presidential and national assembly elections, was at a polling unit in Ika north-east LGA when suspected hoodlums invaded the area on Saturday. The suspected thugs, who said they were agents of the Peoples Deocratic Party ordered officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to discontinue the vote counting, while police officers looked on.They directed that the electoral officials move to Ngala Primary School to continue counting.

Following the development, violence broke out and in the process, Olabimtan was injured, her phone seized, while voters were chased away from the premises.that the federal government acknowledged that journalists are often victims of violence during elections, and made a commitment to ending violence against journalists.

 

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