Ogbu, until his sudden death during the clash between police and Shi’ites, was a journalist with the Regent African Times. The statement reads: “We reject straight out the claim made by the FCT Police spokesperson, Anjuguri Manzah, who insinuated that the police killed a passerby while responding to attack by Free-Zakzaky protesters. “The last Tuesday protest was part of the daily Free-Zakzaky protests which began from Utako Market and ended without any hitch at Berger Bridge. “During the attack, nine Free Zakzaky Protesters were extra-judicially killed by the police (whom corpses are yet to be retrieved from the police). The recent murdering of a journalist and activist by the name of Alex Ogbu, who was, until the murder, working with the Abuja-based Regent Africa Time magazine, exposed the evil machination of the Nigeria Police against free-Zakzaky protesters.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 23, 2020 16:18 UTC