A photojournalist with the Leadership Newspaper, Benedic Uwalaka was today brutally assaulted by staff of Lagos State University teaching Hospital (LASUTH) mortuary in the course of discharging his lawful duties.
Uwalaka was beaten and bloodied for taking photo shots of the mortuary during the release of the corpses of the Dana Plane crash victims.
Mr Uwalaka had moved closer to the vehicle where a corpse was to be placed when an official of the hospital seized his camera and another one hit him on the head with a bottle.
Other journalists miffed by the unwarranted aggression reported the matter at the nearest police station.
When Uwalaka returned to the hospital after lodging the complaint at the police station, he was hit with a bottle on his head by another official of the teaching hospital, leaving him with more wound on his head and bruised face.
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