{"id":899,"date":"2024-09-05T09:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2024-09-05T09:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:26:26","slug":"gunmen-kill-journalist-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/gunmen-kill-journalist-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill journalist in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Nigerian reporter Onifade Emmanuel Pelumi was found dead in a mortuary in southwestern Lagos state on October 20, 2020. Nearly four years after his death, CPJ has joined others in a renewed call for justice. (Screenshot: YouTube\/Gboah TV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Press Institute, and the Media Foundation for West Africa released a joint statement on Tuesday, September 3, calling on Nigerian authorities to ensure the body of slain journalist Onifade Emmanuel Pelumi is released to his family and that those responsible for his death are identified and held to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pelumi, an intern at Gboah TV, was shot on October 24, 2020, while covering the #EndSARS protests in Ikeja, the capital of Nigeria\u2019s southwestern Lagos state. The injured journalist was reported to have been seen in the custody of the police; his body was found in a mortuary a week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said, \u201cthe continued refusal to release Pelumi\u2019s body violates the family\u2019s customary right\u201d so they can provide a proper burial. \u201cWithout accountability, Pelumi\u2019s case will add to several other unresolved killings of journalists in Nigeria, perpetuating a culture of impunity and promoting self-censorship,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian reporter Onifade Emmanuel Pelumi was found dead in a mortuary in southwestern Lagos state on October 20, 2020. Nearly four years after his death, CPJ has joined others in a renewed call for justice. 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