Commenting on the terrorist attack against ThisDay newspaper in Abuja and Kaduna, the President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, Ona Ekhomu said media organizations needed to adopt risk mitigation strategies in order to deter, detect, deny or defend against terrorist attacks.
Ekhomu, who writes a column for ThisDay newspaper sympathized with management and staff of the media house on the unfortunate attack that claimed eight lives.
He urged media outfits to urgently implement security measures and programs to protect people, property, mission and the truth.
According to him, media outfits should urgently assess their risks, determine vulnerabilities and implement counter measures that will protect them against terrorist attacks.
The Security Expert urged the press to contribute its share to the war on terror with courage, resilience and security sense.
They should then conduct target-hardening of their facilities in order to thwart suicide bombing and other terrorist attacks.
He also urged media organizations to strengthen the protection around media executives and key personnel in order to avoid Bokite attacks.
Ekhomu said the vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack on ThisDay newspaperwas a naked attempt by the Bokites to muzzle the truth and return “Nigeria to a period of darkness and savagery.
The Bokite worldview is characterized by extremism, violence, hatred and a lack of respect for human life.
The media represents the light, truth, freedom and democracy which the terrorists find abhorrent.
The security expert likened the attack on ThisDay Abuja and Kaduna to the execution of Zakariya Isa, the NTA reporter in Maiduguri.
The aim of the attack is to gag the press and strike fear into the hearts of press personnel.
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