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A reporter of the Channels Television in Kwara State, Mr. Akeem Garba and his crew were assaulted in Ilorin while they were covering the State Assembly primary of the Peoples Democratic Party at Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State on Saturday. Garba and his crew had gone to Yebumot Hotel, Ilorin, the venue of one of the congresses when some thugs suspected to be members of the PDP swooped on them and attacked them.

Garba added that the clothe of his cameraman was torn and their camera was smashed. Garba said, "This morning when I got to Yebumot Hotel to cover the congress, my cameraman was filming as the delegates were going inside the venue. About 15 thugs pounced on us. They asked us, 'Who are you, who sent you? All the explanations that I gave to them that we were from Channels TV did not hold water.

"They started beating us. Even the clothe of my cameraman was torn and the camera was smashed and damaged. They were beating us right in the presence of the security operatives and they were just looking at us as if somebody's life was not as stake. "After the intervention of some elders of the party for them to leave us since we have identified that we are from Channels TV, they left us. They pleaded with us that we should hold on that they did not know that we were from Channels TV.   "About 30 minutes later, as we were about filming the protest, another group of thugs about 20 pounced on us again and really smashed our camera again. We had to run to a petrol station and hid ourselves."

The Kwara State PDP Chairman, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, condemned the attack on the journalists, wondering why journalists on official duties should be attacked. He said his party leadership would address their supporters on the need to avoid attacks on journalists.‎