{
  "id": 15760918,
  "title": "#EndSARS: Morayo Afolabi-Brown recounts narrow escape during 2020 TVC station attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/endsars-morayo-afolabi-brown-recounts-narrow-escape-during-2020-tvc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T16:02:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/endsars-morayo-afolabi-brown-recounts-narrow-escape-during-2020-tvc-station-attack/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "TV host Morayo Afolabi-Brown recounted her narrow escape during the 2020 #EndSARS protests when hoodlums attacked and set fire to the old Television Continental building in Lagos. She and her colleagues were in the middle of a live broadcast when the attackers stormed the building. The team had previously encouraged open discussion about the protests on their morning show, Your View, despite the risks involved. As they tried to escape through a back door, they found buses ablaze outside. Afolabi-Brown's colleagues reached out to the police commissioner and even her own grandmother and mother-in-law, who walked through the rioting area to find her. Despite the emotional trauma, she expressed gratitude for surviving the incident and emphasized the shared responsibility of Nigerians for the country's future.",
  "summary": "TV Host and Media personality Morayo Afolabi-Brown has recounted how she and her colleagues narrowly escaped death when hoodlums attacked and set fire to the old Television Continental building in Lagos during the 2020 #EndSARS protests. Afolabi-Brown shared the experience on her Morayo TV show uploaded on Tuesday while reflecting on her time as host Read More:…",
  "key_points": [
    "Morayo Afolabi-Brown narrowly escaped 2020 #EndSARS attack on TVC building",
    "Host and colleagues broadcasted live while attackers stormed premises",
    "Family members risked rioting area to locate Afolabi-Brown"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "#EndSARS: Morayo Afolabi-Brown recounts narrow escape during 2020 TVC station attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/endsars-morayo-afolabi-brown-recounts-narrow-escape-during-2020-tvc-15761100",
        "published": "2026-10-20T16:02:32.000Z"
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}