By Henry Umoru
THE Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abuja chapter, Jacob Edi said MOnday that the gruesome murder of The Guardian Assistant News Editor, Bayo Ohu, was horrifying, mindless and cowardly.

According to him, his death was by those he referred to as godless, evil minded as well as against free press in the country, adding “that with the stockpiling of guns by unscrupulous and desperate politicians and businessmen in the country, the terrain becomes even more dangerous for journalists to ply their trade”.

He called on the Federal Government to take the issue of security serious in the country, even as he stressed that it was the duty of the government to take the welfare and security of its citizens serious, warning that the continued politicization of security matters would not augur well for the country.

The statement by Edi and made available to Vanguard yesterday said, “given the enormity of the danger posed by the renewed onslaught on journalists and the profession, the Council was convening an emergency congress to take a holistic view of the present threat to the lives of journalists, albeit the practice of journalism in the country.

“While condoling the family of the deceased and the management of The Guardian over the brutal murder, he charged the police to leave nothing to chance in unraveling those behind the dastardly act.”