On Tuesday, Kano’s Premier Radio denounced the vicious assault that occurred on one of its employees, Muhammad Bello Dabai, on Monday as he was performing his duities in front of the radio station.
About 3.30 pm, Dabai was alerted to the sad incident when he saw a thief escape from Nassarawa Hospital, where the police had taken him for treatment, and being pursued by members of the public.
The robber fell in front of the station while Dabai was watching him, and the station’s police officer called the Area Command for help as the people were pursuing him and throwing stones at him.
According to a press release from the radio news manager, Mukhtar Usman, Dabai was engaged filming the scene as a journalist for his news beat when the police arrived to re-arrest the offender.
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.
“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.
“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.”
