Nigeria - Cameraman found dead in suspicious circumstances

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders said today it was deeply shocked by the death in unexplained circumstances of cameraman Jerry Usanga of Channels Television, whose body was found on the roadside by passers-by, on 4 May 2010. The spot where Usanga's body was found, in Calabar, Cross River state in the south-east of the country, is close to the headquarters of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). Police were called and certified the journalist's death, but his body bore no mark of injury and it (...)

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