Nigeria: Journalist in a coma after being beaten unconscious

Journalist Dare Folorunso of state-owned Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC), was beaten unconscious by several policemen, including a deputy commissioner, at a May Day rally on 1 May in Akure, in the south western state of Ondo. He is now in a coma. A policeman objected to Folorunso’s taking photos and tried to grab his camera from him, although Folorunso explained that he was a journalist. When Folorunso defended himself, other policemen intervened and began beating him.