Attack on National Pilot, politically motivated - Publisher

Date: 2020-10-25

On Friday at about 7:00pm, the Corporate Head Office of National Pilot Newswpaper, located along Asa Dam road, Ilorin, Kwara State was attacked by rampaging hoodlums under the guise of the EndSARS protest.

The incident happened shortly after the Newspaper's Editor-in-Chief, Alhaji Billy Adedamola drove staff of the establishment out of the office at about 6.30pm when the momentum was building and threat of attack became apparent.

The assailants who had set up heavy burn fires at the frontage of the office came with gallons of fuel and other dangerous weapons and attempted to raze the place down. Some of them who tried to gain entrance through the back fence were however prevented by some tricycles and commercial motorcycle riders who used the place as their park.

Although no staff was hurt during the incident, the hoodlums destroyed windows, furniture, gates and security lights carting away some properties in the process.

However, we believe this attack was politically motivated given the ownership of National Pilot and the fact that it was the only media house so targeted for attack by the hoodlums.

But, if the motive of the attackers was to silence, cowed and intimidate us from doing our job, they have already failed as this incident will further spur us to continue to publish based on our motto of "Quest for Truth and Justice" always.

While we call on the security agencies to fish out perpetrators of this condemnable act of brigandage on free press, we are moved by the outpouring of solidarity messages from our readers within and outside the country, eminent Kwarans, the Kwara State Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the media and other bodies and personalities who stood in solidarity with us to condemn this act.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulHamid Adi     Amos Bajeh     Convocation Ceremonies     Kemi Adeosun     Garba Ado Sanni     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Kola Bukoye     Nigerian Medical Association     Ishola Abdullahi     Na\'Allah     Reuben Paraje     Millennium Development Goals     Quarry Royal Valley     Raimi Iyanda     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     GANZY     Ilorin Metro Park     Ilorin Durbar     Goodluck Jonathan     Samari     Saka Balikis Kehinde     KWAFFA     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Tosin Saraki     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Kwara State Football Association     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Gabriel Fashanu     Sabitiyu Grillo     Tunde Oyawoye     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Bisi Oyeleke     Age AbdulKareem     Olukotun Of Ikotun     ASUU     Saad Belgore     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Suwa-Arabs     Ogidi-Oloje     Wale Oladepo     Awoye     COVID-19 Palliatives     Amuda Aluko     Alao Ayotunde     Hajj     Biliaminu Aliu     Alagbado     Ado Ibrahim     Kwara Liberation Group     Kolawole Bashirat     Kwara 2023     N-Power     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Najim Yaasin     Oke-Ero     Aremu Bose Deborah     Ilorin Curfew     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Funmilayo Oniwa     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Flights To Ilorin     Ejidongari     Admiralty Villa     Ademola Kiyesola     Bamidele Adegoke     Olaosebikan     Al-Hikmah Radio     Christian Association Of Nigeria     David Adesina     Saliu Alamoyo     Joseph Offorjama     EFCC     Isiaq Khadeejah     John Obuh     Bankole Omishore    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Ubandoma     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Kayode Bankole     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     VADA     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Oyawoye     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Kwara State Government     Nnazua     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     New Model Police Station     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Aisha Buhari     Mohammed Halidu     Iyaloja-General     United Nigeria Congress Party     Senate President     Ile Arugbo     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Omar Gambari     Hakeem Lawal     IHS     Adisa Logun     Towoju     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Olosi Of Osi     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Ado Ibrahim     Alapado     Ilota     Quareeb Islamic Association     Bursary     Hijab     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Adamu Atta     Yemi Osinbajo     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Oluwole Dupe     Earlyon Technologies     Ahmad Belgore     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Aminu Adisa Logun     Akeem Lawal     Congress For National Consensus     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Mujtabah Bature     Bayo Ajia     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Shonga Farm Project     Okiki     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Pacify Labs     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Laboratory-to-Product     Eleja     Alapansapa     Kwara State Pension Board     Oloriegbe     Durbar Festival