Nigerian journalist flogged in front of government house

On 3 July 2013, a police officer manning the gate of the government house in Makurdi, Benue State, North-Central Nigeria, publicly flogged Chris Atsaka - the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council - with a horsewhip.

8 Jul 2013

Atsaka said he was at the government house on invitation from the chief of staff to Governor Gabriel Suswam, to deliver a letter to him about the planned NUJ Press Week.

Narrating his ordeal, Atsaka said: "On getting to the gate, I told the SSS officer identified as Manasseh that I was there on appointment to deliver a letter to the chief of staff to the governor, who had earlier called me. Manasseh told me that I couldn't see him."

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