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Pinnacle Daily Editor Beaten, Phone Seized by Police in Abuja

Nume Ekeghe An editor with Nigerian online newspaper, Pinnacle Daily, Sunday Michael Ogwu, was beaten and had his phone seized by police officers attached to the Lugbe Police Station in

Editor Sunday Michael Ogwu of Pinnacle Daily, a Nigerian online newspaper, was physically assaulted and had his phone confiscated by police officers from the Lugbe Police Station in Abuja. The incident occurred while Ogwu was investigating a demolition exercise in the area. The editor claims he was beaten and detained, despite asserting his right to document the event as a public function.

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