Unlike now that we are all free to tweet and post nonsense at Buhari, under PDP’s 16 blood-sucking, murderous years; your freedom to life as a journalist, after excising your freedom of speech was not guaranteed.
Godwin Agbroko, Chairman, ThisDay Editorial Board was assassinated on December 22, 2006.
Another ThisDay journalist, Abayomi Ogundeji, was murdered on August 17, 2008. Those who know better are insisting that his death may have been political. People who are aware at about this period in our political history knew it was dangerous working at ThisDay Newspapers then.
Another journalist, Bayo Ohu of Guardian Newspapers was shot dead on a Sunday, September 20, 2009 by a gang of five men and a woman in his home in Egbeda, Lagos. Bayo Ohu was working on the Certificate Forgery story of Customs Controller General, Abdullahi Dikko before his murder.
Here is a summary of notable unresolved killings of journalists and politicians in Nigeria. Please pay attention to the dates:
The Rationale Behind The Widespread Hatred Of Buhari Among A Certain Demographic in Nigeria.
1. Igwe Nwankwo – Shot February 15, 2000 in Anambra.
2. Nicholas Okhuakhua – Shot June 2000 in Lagos.
3. Mohammed Shuaibu – Shot September 2000 in Lagos.
4. Obatou Mumbo – Shot October 17, 2000 in Onitsha.
5. Idowu Braimoh – Shot November 5, 2000 in Ondo
6. Joseph Osayande – December 4, 2000 shot at in Benin
7. Chief Layi Balogun – December 10, 2000 shot at in Lagos.
8. Monday Ndor – August 19, 2001 shot at in Port Harcourt.
9. Onyebuchi Ede – shot August 23, 2001 in Ebonyi.
10. Chibueze Idah August 23, 2001 Ebonyi shot unresolved
11. Ogbonna Odimbaiwe August 23, 2001 Ebonyi shot unresolved
12. Ifeanyi Nnaji August 23, 2001 Ebonyi shot unresolved
13. Odunayo Olagbaju December 20, 2001 Ife shot unresolved
14. Chief Bola Ige December 23, 2001 Ibadan shot unresolved
15. Eyo Eyo April 2002 Calabar shot unresolved
16. Ifeanyi Igbokwe April 18, 2002 Lagos shot unresolved
17. Musa Dayo May 9, 2002 Bauchi shot unresolved
18. Christopher Ogbonna May 26, 2002 Nsukka shot unresolved
19. Maria-Theresa Nsa June 11, 2002 Cross River shot unresolved
20. Chief & Mrs. Barnabas Igwe September 1, 2002 Onitsha shot unresolved
21. Ogbonnaya Uche February 8, 2003 Owerri shot unresolved
21. E. Emenike February 13, 2003 Imo shot unresolved
22. Theodore Agwatu February 22, 2003 Owerri shot unresolved
23. Marshal Harry March 5, 2003 Abuja shot unresolved
24. Bala Mai-Haice March 17, 2003 Deba shot unresolved
25. Ajibola Olanipekun June 21, 2003 Ibadan shot unresolved
26. Dikibo February 6, 2004 Delta shot unresolved
27. Lateef Olaniyan July 16, 2005 Ibadan shot unresolved
28. Peter Eboigbe August 11, 2005 Benin shot unresolved
The list is endless! But under APC, we have little or no political scores settled by political assassins.
