TROUBLE AS JOURNALIST WHO RELEASED IGP’S ‘TRANSMISSION’ VIDEO GOES ‘MISSING’ AFTER INVITATION BY POLICE

A Liberty Television journalist, Aminu Nurudeen, suspected to have posted the viral video showing the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at a public event in Kano, has gone into hiding, Saturday PUNCHhas has exclusively reported.

Sources disclosed to the publication that the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Musa Magaji Majiya, invited the reporter on Thursday on behalf of the State Police Command to its office immediately the video went viral, and since then, Nurudeen’s whereabouts had been unknown.

It was learnt that the police authorities were upset with the journalist because he had allegedly disobeyed a directive by the Kano State Police Command to journalists present at the event not to report the IG’s blunder or make the video public.

According to sources, the IG’s blunder brought an abrupt end to the event, leading the police chief’s handlers to hurriedly usher him away from the venue of the event.

In a part of the transcription of the footage, Idris said, “I mean, transmission, I mean effort, that the transmission cooperation to transmission, I mean transmission to have effect, ehm, apprehend, I mean, apprehensive towards the recommendation, recommended formation effective and effect, I mean, apprehensive at the transmission of…and transmission and transmission for the effective in the police command.”

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