Dele Giwa: 38 years after court orders FG to re-open prosecution of killers

Dele Giwa: Court Orders FG To Revisit Case of Assassinated Veteran Journalist – TheTalk.NG

• It’s been 38 years since the tragic demise of NewsWatch founder Dele Giwa in his Lagos office
• The misery behind his death has since been unsolved after he was killed by a letter bomb, causing massive controversy in Nigeria
• Fresh development has confirmed that the federal government has been ordered by a court to reopen an investigation into Giwa’s murder

Dele Giwa is regarded as one of Nigeria’s best journalists of his generation. Photo Credit: FacebookSource: UGC

Statutory rights protecting journalists

“I have studied the response of the respondent to the averments of the applicant, and I find the said averments to be generic in nature, and they do not controvert the case of the applicant specifically.

“The applicant has stated names of journalists killed in Paragraph J of the affidavit in support.

“It is pertinent to note that the respondent has neither denied that these killings have taken place or that these persons were not journalists or media practitioners.

“The position of the law is that affidavit evidence, which is not challenged or controverted howsoever, is deemed admitted and can be relied upon by a court.”

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