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Nigeria: NUJ Suspends Abia Journalists

24 December 2012

The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has placed four journalists in Abia State on indefinite suspension following their "persistent anti-union activities." Those affected by the clampdown include Emmanuel Acha, a reporter with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Anayo Okoli, Vanguard Correspondent in Abia, Obinna Ibe of Insider Magazine and George Opara, Abia State correspondent of National Mirror.

In a letter dated December 18, 2012, entitled Re: Indefinite Suspension from the NUJ," the National Secretary, Shu'aibu Usman Leman, said the four journalists were sanctioned by the National Executive Council (NEC) "after a careful deliberation of your unethical conduct."

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