My interview with Al Jazeera was doctored – Daniel Bwala

Daniel Bwala, Presidential Spokesperson connected Policy Communication for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has accused Al Jazeera of selectively editing his caller interview, alleging that the cuts created a misleading communicative that fueled incorrect opinions connected societal media.

It was recalled that the interview, titled Head to Head with Daniel Bwala and Al Jazeera writer Mehdi Hasan, received backlash from assorted Nigerians, calling Bwala an embarrassment to the nation.

Bwala said, “There is simply a information that was incorrectly portrayed and has formed the ground of galore opinions online, which was unluckily pushed by Al Jazeera. I asked them to enactment the grounds straight.”

He explained that the interrogation was conducted connected February 11, 2026, and was primitively intended to past 1 hr and 20 minutes. “The interrogation was conducted properly. Questions were asked, and I answered them. I didn’t contradict anything,” Bwala noted.

However, helium claims that erstwhile Al Jazeera uploaded the interrogation connected March 5, lone 49 minutes of the speech were included, cutting retired astir 20 minutes of content. “They aboriginal produced an 8-minute mentation that joined and chopped parts of the interrogation successful a mode that emphasized definite points portion leaving retired important context,” helium added.

According to Bwala, the web had initially promised to aerial the afloat interrogation connected tv earlier uploading it online. “Their excuse...