2027 elections: Media, CSOs demand Security Accord to protect journalists on the field

From Fred Itua, Abuja
Media organisations and civil society advocates have launched a major push for a formal Security Accord with security agencies to protect journalists during election coverage. The demand is part of a comprehensive framework ahead of the 2027 general elections aimed at ending years of harassment, intimidation and violence against the press.
The call was made during a high level roundtable dialogue in Abuja organised by Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) Nigeria.
Recognising that election reporting in Nigeria remains highly dangerous, participants insisted that safeguarding medi...