Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) in Nigeria has called on the federal government to provide adequate security for journalists and citizen observers covering the Kogi and Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections.

The 2019 presidential election saw many violations of journalists' rights including being denied access to collation centres, physical assault by both state and non-state actors and in one case, death as Reginald Dei, a photojournalist, was killed in the line of duty during the 2019 elections. All these actions appear as deliberate attempts to stop journalists from effectively covering the elections, the coalition said.

"CWPPF recognizes all attacks on journalists and observe...