Precious Owolabi
Year: 2019
Nationality: Nigeria
Killed by: Government Officials,Mob Violence
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Press organization: Channels TV
What's Precious Owolabi's story?
On July 22, 2019, Precious Owolabi, 23, a general assignment reporter for the privately owned broadcaster Channels TV, was shot while covering a confrontation between Shiite Muslim protesters and Nigerian police, and died the same day after being taken to a hospital, according to a Channels TV broadcast uploaded to its YouTube page. He had been covering a protest over the detention of Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, according to the Channels TV report.
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