Alex Ogbu, Nigeria

Alex Ogbu, a journalist for the Regent Africa Times, a magazine published from Abuja, was killed on January 21 when police shot him in the head as he was passing by a protest demonstration in the capital.   The spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory police admitted that a passerby had been killed by the police and the case would be investigated.

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