THE International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, has called for justice on the murder of Dele Giwa, 30 years ago.
Giwa, the founding editor-in-chief of Newswatch, was assassinated through a letter bomb on October 19, 1986.
IPC Director Lanre Arogundade, in a statement, described the killing of Giwa as the most drastic act of intimidation of the press in Nigeria.
“The death of Dele Giwa has shown just how journalists could be endangered. Many others have been killed, and we must not relent in the pursuit of justice for them and the safety of journalists in Nigeria.
“IPC, therefore, uses the opportunity of the 30th anniversary of the murder of Dele Giwa to plead to the Buhari administration to reopen the case, as justice is an important element of development,” Arogundade said.
SOURCE: THE NATION NEWSPAPER
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