FOI: Journalists want FG to revisit Dele Giwa’s murder

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Journalists and human rights activists have called for the re-opening of investigation into the death of editor-in-chief and co-founder of Newswatch magazine, Mr Dele Giwa, who was killed by a parcel bomb in 1986.

The journalists, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigerian Guild of Editors and National Association of Women Journalists, spoke with one voice during the 25th anniversary of Giwa’s death in Lagos on Wednesday.

In a symposium organised by NUJ, Lagos council, with the theme, “hazards of journalism profession and challenges of FOI law,” the chairman of the Lagos NUJ, Mr Deji Elumoye, said journalists across the country would not relent until the killers of Giwa were found.

In his opening remarks, Elumoye said the anniversary became necessary to challenge the Federal Government to find Giwa’s killers and bring them to justice.

According to him, there is need to re-open investigation into the death of a journalist who represented professionalism, truth and justice.

The guest speaker and President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, spoke extensively on the FOI law and how it could be used to fish out Giwa’s killers.

He, however, criticised the law, saying it contained some contentious issues that would not make it to work effectively for the media.

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