It was an opposition-style journalism – Bwala drops new comment on Al Jazeera interview

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu connected Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has accused Al Jazeera journalist, Mehdi Hasan of engaging successful what helium described arsenic opposition-style journalism during a caller interview.

Bwala made the assertion portion speaking connected News Central’s programme, 60 Minutes with Mr Kay, aired connected Friday, wherever helium reviewed his interrogation with Hasan.

According to him, the journalist’s attack was not neutral but aimed astatine challenging and discrediting the government.

“What Mehdi Hasan did was what we telephone opposition-style journalism, wherever you play the relation of the opposition,” Bwala said.

He alleged that the interrogation was designed to extract statements that could beryllium utilized against the administration.

“In that interview, Mehdi sought to elicit accusation from maine to discredit the government, but helium could not,” helium added.

Bwala explained that a ample portion of the interrogation focused connected his past governmental criticisms of President Bola Tinubu, which helium acknowledged but said were not applicable to the main discussion.

“In the archetypal 15 minutes, helium kept asking astir things I said erstwhile I w...