Two Nigerian journalists covering the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations (AFCON) were kicked, dragged on the ground, threatened with cocked guns
and forcibly detained for two hours by officers of the South African police in
Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon.
Debo
Oshudun, Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for Central and
Southern Africa and John Joshua Akanji, a Deputy Editor of The Sun Newspapers
were onboard a taxi on their way to cover the departure of the AFCON winners
Super Eagles when shortly after they both alighted, they were surrounded by no
less than 20 fully armed South African police officers who threatened to shoot
them after they insisted they were Journalists.