Magistrate orders NAN, Vanguard reporters out of court
(Nigeria) A Lagos Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Martins of an Igbosere
Magistrate Court, on Wednesday ordered two reporters out of the court.
The reporters are Mr Henry Oladele of the News Agency of
Nigeria, NAN, and Miss Onozure Dania of the Vanguard Newspapers.
The magistrate, who is in charge of Court 11, Igbosere,
ordered the reporters out while monitoring the court's proceedings.
NAN reports that the incident occurred when the prosecutor,
Sgt. Godwin Oria, alerted the magistrate that some journalists were in her
court.
“Immediately I entered the court, I noticed the prosecutor
whispering to the magistrate and suddenly the magistrate asked if there was any
journalist in the court. I stood up and she ordered me and my colleague to get
out, which I did without any objection,’’ Oladele said.
Efforts to find out
reasons for the magistrate's action from the prosecutor proved futile as he was
not ready to talk.
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