Precious Owolabi, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving with Channels Television, is dead following gunshot wound he sustained while covering the clash between the police and the Shiite protesters on Monday in Abuja.
Precious who was 23-year-old was hit by a stray bullet in the stomach as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites clashed with officers of the Nigerian Police on Monday in Abuja.
The management and staff of Channels Television are greatly saddened by the untimely and unfortunate death of such a promising journalist.
They pray that God will grant his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss, and avail his soul eternal rest.
The protest by the Shiites turned violent in Abuja, including the environs of the Federal Secretariat.
Policemen who cordoned off the road leading to the National Assembly and the three arms zone disrupted the protest by the Shiites, firing teargas to disperse the crowd.
