Police, Anambra Journalists In A Showdown Over Lockdown
April 13, 2020
2:00 pm
The Anambra State Police command and members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, are currently in a disagreement, after policemen enforcing the lockdown order of the Anambra State government turned down its members who were going to the office on Sunday afternoon.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had in a broadcast two weeks ago while declaring a lockdown in some States, announced that essential workers, including journalists, should be allowed movement after identifying themselves.
But in Anambra, police officers enforcing the lockdown order arrested and detained journalists for hours before turning them back to their homes, even though they
