Nigeria: Bombing of Thisday Offices Arrow in the Heart of Free Speech - ACN

27 April 2012

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned Thursday's bombing of the offices of Thisday and other newspapers in Abuja and Kaduna, calling the attack an arrow in the heart of free speech and a move to abridge the rights of Nigerians to news and information.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said nothing in the world can justify such attacks against the media.

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