Niger: NTA reporter allegedly assaulted by Gov Bago’s security operatives

A Senior Reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Musa Mikail, was allegedly assaulted by information operatives attached to Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, during a Ramadan iftar astatine the Wadata Palace successful Bida Local Government Area connected Friday.

Mikail said helium was lasting with his cameraman erstwhile the governor’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) approached and asked them to move.

“I explained that we were not obstructing anyone and were carrying retired our nonrecreational duties. Despite this, helium pushed me, and different information operatives attacked maine and forced maine retired of the event,” helium alleged.

The incidental occurred during an iftar hosted by the Etsu Nupe and Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Yahaya Abubakar.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Niger State Council, confirmed it had received a study connected the substance and was reviewing the circumstances surrounding the incident.

In a statement, the assembly urged journalists to stay calm portion the substance is being investigated.

The NUJ chairman, Abu Nmodu, reportedly contacted authorities officials, including the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Bologi Ibrahim, to guarantee the information of the affected journalist.

However, efforts to scope the main property caput for remark were unsuccessful astatine the...