Premier Radio, Kano, has denounced the barbaric attack on its employee, Muhammad Bello Dabai, who was performing his responsibilities in front of the radio station on Monday afternoon.
At around 3.30 p.m., Dabai’s attention was drawn to a fleeing thief being pursued by the public as he attempted to exit Nassarawa Hospital, where the police had taken him for treatment.Information Guide Nigeria
As members of the public pursued him and attacked him with stones, the thief collapsed in front of the station in Dabai’s presence, and the station’s police officer requested assistance from the Area Command.
According to Mukhtar Usman, the radio news manager, Dabai was busy filming the incident on video as a journalist for his news beat when the police officials arrived to re-arrest the offender.JAMB portal
The statement further read, “To his utmost surprise, without any provocation, one of the police officers confronted him to stop him, during which a fracas ensued.
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“Despite identifying himself, with his ID card, as a journalist, Mr Dabai was forcefully manhandled by the policeman, who bundled him into their service vehicle, insisting that they must take him to the police station for interrogation and detention.NYSC portal
“In the process, Mr Dabai was brutalised, kicked, and slapped severally on their way to the police station and forced to lie on the vehicle floor.
“When Premier Radio urgently reported the incident to the Area Commander of the Metro Police Command to secure the release of Mr. Dabai, the Area commander rebuked his officers for their high-handedness.
“It was, however, noticed that the recalcitrant police officers were not only unrepentant but unapologetic.
“To this extent, we hereby demand justifiable sanction against the unrepentant and brutal officers, including an unconditional apology without which we are at liberty to seek legal redress.”JAMB Result
