Nigeria: CWPPF Renews Call for Independent Investigation As FCT Police Command Shifts Focus From Alleged Assault to Journalist's Conduct
[CJID] Abuja, Nigeria -- 22 August 2026 -- The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) issues this follow-up statement to its release of the 20th of August, 2026, condemning the assault on Sunday Michael Ogwu, Editor of Pinnacle Daily, by police and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) personnel in Lugbe, Abuja. We do so in response to a press statement issued on 21…
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has renewed its call for an independent investigation into the alleged assault on Sunday Michael Ogwu, Editor of Pinnacle Daily, by police and Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) personnel in Abuja. This comes after the FCT Police Command shifted focus away from the alleged assault to Ogwu's non-attendance at Command Headquarters, which CWPPF deems troubling.
The organization maintains that journalism is not a crime and that documenting the public conduct of state agents is a constitutionally protected right. CWPPF urges the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, and the FCT Police Command to conduct a credible, transparent, and independent process to resolve the matter.
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