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Bauchi governor’s security aide threatens to ‘deal with’ journalists
A security operative attached to Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir have threatened to ‘deal with‘ journalists working around the Governor’s Office and Government House.
The journalists, who are members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the NUJ were at the Palace of the Emir of Katagum, headquarters of Katagum LGA when the governor visited the local government after a violent protest where hoodlums razed the Council Secretariat and destroyed part of the Government House Annex in Azare last Monday.
The threat incident was delivered on Thursday inside the Palace Hall when the journalists were trying to find a place to record the governor’s speech after an operative of the DSS simply identified as ‘Abdul’ ordered them to vacate the hall.
The journalists left and were looking for an alternative spot to get their job done within the hall when he went to them again to threaten them saying: “This is just the beginning,” even as the governor, in company of other dignitaries, had seated next to his host, the Emir of Katagum.
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“You challenged me? You will see. This thing that you have done, this is the beginning,” he warned the journalists, much to the surprise of witnesses in the Palace.
One of the journalists replied saying this sounds like a threat, but he maintained his utterance that he would deal with them.
“He once molested me at a function, he is quite aggressive,” a Government House Press Crew member who pleaded anonymity said.
Meanwhile, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the governor, Mukhtar Gidado has promised to look into the issue in order to avert future occurrence just as he pacified the journalists.
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