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Group In Nigeria Mourns Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Of Saudi Arabia

A civil society group in Nigeria, known as Coalition of Nigerian Media and Civil Society Groups (CNMCSG), has mourned a Saudi Arabian journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed on October 2 allegedly by the Saudi authorities in its Turney’s consulate.

The group, whose members staged a peaceful demonstration at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal Capital today, Friday, expressed shock over the brutal murder of the journalist even as it commiserated with his family and friends as well as the Saudi Arabian people.

“We are gathered here to tell the people of Saudi Arabia that you deserve better. You deserve better than a blood thirsty government that kills its citizens at will, and with total impunity.”

In a statement jointly signed by the leaders of the group, Peter Nkanga and Chido Onumah, the group said that no human being should ever have to face such a bestial death.

“Jamal did not deserve to die, let alone in the one place where he should have felt safest in a foreign land – the Saudi Arabia Consulate.

“Let us think about it critically. Do we know how many people have died in similar circumstances at Saudi Embassies and Consulates around the world?”

The group stressed that Jamal Khashoggi’s blood is crying for Justice, adding that it is for that reason that members of the group have risen up to tell the Saudi government that injury to one is injury to all.

“The world abhors the evil perpetrated against Jamal. We are here to say Jamal’s life and death will never be in vain. His blood will keep speaking for generations to come and his legacy will forever remain.

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“We are here to demand only one thing from the King and the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The person(s) who gave the order for the bestial murder of journalist, Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi, and the person(s) who carried the order, All of them MUST be brought to account.”

The group also remembered the Nigerian journalists who have also been killed in the line of duty through total impunity, calling on the Nigerian government to put an end to impunity for crimes against journalists.

“This month, 32 years ago, we still remember the murder of journalist, Dele Giwa, killed via a parcel bomb delivered to him on October 19, 1986. That case smacks of government conspiracy.

“We are here to tell the Nigerian government to take into account that in 32 years since Dele Giwa’s assassination, countless murders of journalists have occurred, and not one has been conclusive to bring the perpetrators to justice.

“We therefore call on Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to do what any conscionable government would do:

“Order the reopening of impartial, independent, and transparent investigations into the murders of all journalists killed in the country and ensure their killers don’t go unpunished.”

The group stressed that when Injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty and gave assurance that members of the group will keep holding the governments accountable to the people.

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