Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Enugu State Council has condemned in strong terms, the attack on Urban Radio station, Enugu by men said to be officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and subsequent arrest of presenter on live programme thereby disrupting transmission.
State Chairman, Comrade Sam Udekwe n a release signed by the secretary of the Council, Dame Ifeoma Amuta and made available newsmen , described the act as unprofessional no matter the seriousness of the investigation being carried out saying,, “it is only times of military seizure of power that we experiencedl such act of forceful disruption of broadcast transmission of this kind. No matter what offence, it’s the individual that may have committed it as alleged and should be gone after in a due process and not extending it to public facilities like radio on air”.
The NUJ Chairman while calling for a thorough investigation into the matter to ascertain whether it was truly carried out by men on official duty, asked the EFCC to apologise to the station and general public for the embarrassment and unethical act.
He observed that it has become a reccuring decimal for men in uniform meting out different degrees of intimidation to media workers without proper redress at the end of the day Udekwe called for a stop to the official neglect.
Recall that a team said to be officials of the EFCC at about 5:45pm Monday, stormed the radio station, disrupted transmission and whisked away an on air personality on du