An executive director at DAARCommunications Plc and the host of People’s Politics and Power on Africa Independent Television, Mac Imoni Amarere Amarere, has been attacked by robbers in Abuja.
He was reportedly attacked and robbed on Monday night while obeying the traffic laws close to the Community Staff School in Asokoro, Abuja.
Amarere was beaten and robbed at a traffic signal stop, according to a statement released by the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ chapel at DAAR Communications Plc.
The statement said, “The attack on Our Executive Director, DAAR Media Academy and Anchor, Peoples-Politics-Power on AIT, Mac Imoni Amarere, has been brought to the notice of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, DAAR Chapel.
“On Monday evening, September 26, Amarere was attacked and robbed while obeying the laws of the road close to the Community Staff School in Asokoro, a building that is owned and run by the DSS.
“Fortunately, no one was hurt physically, but the miscreants took some of his possessions, and his driver was hurt somewhat. We urge our coworkers to use greater caution as we obey traffic signals in the City Center, especially after dark.
“The police are called in to step up checkpoints and monitoring, particularly at ongoing building sites for highways and by strategically placed traffic lights. We urge coworkers to continue protecting themselves and one another.”
