Bayelsa NUJ raises the alarm over attacks on members

Members of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigerian Union of

Journalists (NUJ) have raised the alarm over the rising cases of armed

attacks against practising journalists and media organisations in the

state.

The concerned members of the NUJ in Bayelsa State said that although they

had carried out their responsibilities in the state without fear or

favour, the rising cases of attacks and brutalisation against

journalists and broadcast stations in the state was a deliberate show of

failed responsibility by security agencies in the state.

The Chairman of the NUJ, Comrade John Angese, who made this known

during a courtesy call on the Special Adviser to the Bayelsa Governor

on Security Matters, Chief Boma Spero-Jack, said that       although media houses

were established to educate inform and entertain the masses, the recent

show of animosity and violence was hindering media houses from carrying out

their duties without any form of molestation or hindrance.

‎According to Angese, the recent violent attack at Rhythm FM and

robbery attack at the state owned Niger Delta Television (NDTV) were few cases out of many.