The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for invading a radio station in Enugu State.
Earlier reported that the EFCC on Monday evening raided Urban 94.5FM, disrupting a live broadcast to whisk away a broadcaster, Favour Ekoh in the process.
The staff members of the station were allegedly forced to sit on the floor during the invasion and some of their broadcasting equipment was tampered with.
Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, the chairman of NUJ, Enugu Council, Comrade Sam Udekwe, said the action of the Commission is condemnable, saying this is not a military era.
Udekwe described the act as unprofessional no matter the seriousness of the investigation being carried out.
“It is only in times of military seizure of power that we experience such an act of forceful disruption of broadcast transmission of this kind. No matter what offence, it’s the individual that may have committed it as alleged and should be gone after in a due process and not extending it to public facilities like radio on air,” he said.
While calling for a thorough investigation into the matter to ascertain whether it was truly carried out by men on official duty, the NUJ Chairman asked the EFCC to apologise to the station and general public for the embarrassment and unethical act.
According to him, it has become a recurring decimal for men in uniform to mete out different degrees of intimidation to media workers without proper redress at the end of the day and called for a stop to official neglect.
