Recent attacks on the media in West Africa
Paul Abayomi Ogundeji, an editorial board member of the Lagos-based daily ThisDay, was shot dead on 17 August 2008 in a Lagos suburb while driving home. Nigerian police say unidentified armed robbers who had earlier stolen another car ambushed and shot him, but his family and others suspect police involvement, says Media Rights Agenda (MRA).
The Punch and Nigerian Compass dailies reported that a witness saw men in police uniform at a roadblock stop Ogundeji and order him out. When he refused, a policeman shot him at close range. The victim's family believes this version, the MRA says.
