The police in Katsina State acting on the orders of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ahmad El-Marzuq, have detained a journalist, El Zaharadeen Umar over a publication.
“A journalist is a watchdog of society. He is not a criminal while doing his profession, it is not a crime especially in a democratic system of governance. No one should intimidate a journalist by applying excessive power or any other means,” an activist, Comrade Yahaya M. Abdullahi wrote. “Walter Lippmann said, there can be no higher law in journalism than, to tell the truth, and to shame the devil.
For instance, the police on September 19, 2016, Illegally arrested Jamil Mabai — the publisher of Cliqq Magazine and a columnist with Katsina Reporters.
Orders who or which agency or thugs?
Katsina? Buhari? Masari? What had these ones done for the people of Katsina. Is Katsina better today compared to 2012? What a country
No be Shefiu Alao be this😒
Fools
This pple keeps forgetting the true definition of a democratic governance
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