(MRA/IFEX) – On 11 November 2004, a photojournalist with the Lagos-based daily “Vanguard”, Diran Oshe, was assaulted by security agents who also smashed his camera as he attempted to take photographs of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former chief security officer to the late Nigerian head of state, General Sani Abacha. The incident took place at […]
(MRA/IFEX) – On 11 November 2004, a photojournalist with the Lagos-based daily “Vanguard”, Diran Oshe, was assaulted by security agents who also smashed his camera as he attempted to take photographs of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former chief security officer to the late Nigerian head of state, General Sani Abacha.
The incident took place at the premises of the High Court in Ikeja, Lagos, where Major Al-Mustapha is standing trial along with four others for his alleged involved in the attempted murder of Alex Ibru, publisher of the privately-owned national daily “The Guardian”.
As Oshe attempted to take photographs of Major Al-Mustapha, the security agents attacked him, hitting and kicking him repeatedly. His camera was taken from him and smashed on the ground. The broken camera was later returned to him by one of the security agents.
