S.A Police brutalise Nigerian journalists

Two Nigerian journalists were harassed, brutalised and detained for lack of good reasons by South African police in Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon.

South Africa Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Debo Oshundun and Deputy Editor of the Sun Newspapers, John Joshua-Akanji were cornered by policemen when they were on their way to cover the departure of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations champions the Super Eagles, at the OR Tambo Airport, South Africa.

Joshua-Akanji told Goal.com about his ordeal at the hands of the South Africa Policemen.

“I thank God we are still alive because we could have been shot. I have never been in that situation in my life. I was dragged on the floor kicked and brutalised. I and John Joshua-Akanji were disposed of our phones, my keys and we couldn’t contact anybody. We were detained for two hours and I was really traumatised for the time the police dealt with us and still imagining it up till now”, the Weekend Editor of the Soccer Star disclosed.

Joshua-Akanji had to miss his South African Airways flight due to this unfortunate incident.

“I am perplexed and short of words to describe the way I felt during and after our ordeal in the hands of the policemen here. I have not experienced this in my whole life.

The police claimed that they stopped our car because the taxi we were in has a plate number with two different characters. Immediately they stopped us they removed the plate number. They lied that they have been trailing,” Oshundun said on Tuesday afternoon.

Lieutenant Colonel MF Tshabalala, station commander at the Sandringham Command South Africa Police service, SAPS, later apologised for the treatment meted out on the Nigeria journalists.

It took the intervention of the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg to secure the release of both men. There are no indication yet, if the Journalists will press for charges against the South African Police.

It took the intervention of the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg to secure the release of both men.

manny4life: Well I pity Nigeria and Nigerians who live in SA in general, if a place is hostile to you, why do u stay there? If you're from tne NAN, shouldn't they have had an AFCON/SA press pass or an ID? Isn't that how foreigners do it? Notwithstanding, they treatment meted out to them is unjust, hopefully, Nigerian govt will look into this. Nigerians can't be treated like they're caused people even on their own continent.

GARRI (x7):


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jay_onpoint: An stil our retarden leaders wl nxt time deploy soldiers to SA in d name of big brother africa
Even wen its obvious, dt most African countries hates us wit Deir
Last breathe. Anyway, we're 1st our own problems. Bcus we here on NL hv
Bn cowards enof no tanks to our timid frm saving dis dying nation frm dese
Clueless dt bedevil d nation. We're big sucks virtually everywhere, nt bcus
Dey so hates us, of course nt bt bcus we hv failed ourselves bcus of our
Fear wich has definitely liable to wher we're.

manny4life: Well I pity Nigeria and Nigerians who live in SA in general, if a place is hostile to you, why do u stay there? If you're from tne NAN, shouldn't they have had an AFCON/SA press pass or an ID? Isn't that how foreigners do it? Notwithstanding, they treatment meted out to them is unjust, hopefully, Nigerian govt will look into this. Nigerians can't be treated like they're caused people even on their own continent.

playah P: I'd prefer the treatment they got from the S.A police to the treatment you'd get from the nigerian police force!!.... If we don't treat ourselves right in our country; no country would treat us right!

We africans are fond of treating foreigners(especially the white folks) better than we treat ourselves!!.....

Chartey: If this really happened, then it should be condemned totally. I must add though that some Nigerians have this "too-known" attitude and are kind of proud when in other African countries. I've seen this first-hand and explained to lots of people that not all Nigerians are like that. Funny thing is, when i tell people I'm half-ghanaian, they tell me that's the reason I'm not like that.
One thing is certain though, South Africans have issues with Nigerians.

playah P: I'd prefer the treatment they got from the S.A police to the treatment you'd get from the nigerian police force!!.... If we don't treat ourselves right in our country; no country would treat us right!

We africans are fond of treating foreigners(especially the white folks) better than we treat ourselves!!.....

Engen: B.S...WHAT THE HELL..HALF GHANAIAN MY FOOT...SOUTH AFRICANS HAVE ISSUES WITH NIGERIA PERIOD...I LIVE AND WORK IN CPT...AND THEIR MEDIA BROUGHT THIS MALTREATMENT ON NIGERIANS...HALF GHANAIAN KO,HALF JORDANIAN NI..OLOSHI...

GARRI (x7):


Kudos to the personnel of the Nigerian consulate who stepped in to secure the release of the journalists. This incident however must be thoroughly investigated. We cannot keep having our citizens maltreated just like that. We are hearing of this because the victims are journalists.

What if they were poor Nigerians trying to make ends meet over there?? Would we have heard about their maltreatment??

Only God knows how many Nigerians they've killed without anyone hearing about it!!

GARRI (x7):


Kudos to the personnel of the Nigerian consulate who stepped in to secure the release of the journalists. This incident however must be thoroughly investigated. We cannot keep having our citizens maltreated just like that. We are hearing of this because the victims are journalists.

What if they were poor Nigerians trying to make ends meet over there?? Would we have heard about their maltreatment??

Only God knows how many Nigerians they've killed without anyone hearing about it!!

GARRI (x7):


Kudos to the personnel of the Nigerian consulate who stepped in to secure the release of the journalists. This incident however must be thoroughly investigated. We cannot keep having our citizens maltreated just like that. We are hearing of this because the victims are journalists.

What if they were poor Nigerians trying to make ends meet over there?? Would we have heard about their maltreatment??

Only God knows how many Nigerians they've killed without anyone hearing about it!!






Meanwhile, still on front page things.... GOD punish Devil!!!........