Nigeria: CWPPF Renews Call for Independent Investigation As FCT Police Command Shifts Focus From Alleged Assault to Journalist's Conduct

[CJID] Abuja, Nigeria -- 22 August 2026 -- The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) issues this follow-up statement to its release of the 20th of August, 2026, condemning the assault on Sunday Michael Ogwu, Editor of Pinnacle Daily, by police and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) personnel in Lugbe, Abuja. We do so in response to a press statement issued on 21 August 2026 by the FCT Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer SP Josephine Adeh, and to subsequent

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