Kano Rep apologises to journalist over alleged assault

The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Alhassan Doguwa, has publicly apologised to Kano Leadership Newspaper correspondent, Abdullahi Yakubu, whom he allegedly assaulted currently.

The journalist had dragged Doguwa to a Magistrate Court in the state for allegedly assaulting him while he attended a press conference at the lawmaker’s residence.

The press conference was stated to be at the instance of the lawmaker, who became accused of gate-crashing into an All Progressives Congress stakeholders meeting in Kano these days, with the meeting ending in crisis.

The court in the end ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 1, to analyze the alleged attack case filed by using the journalist in opposition to the lawmaker.

Appearing before the AIG on Friday, Doguwa stated he changed into no longer aware of the summon to appear before the police authority over the assault allegation till same Friday when he acquired the invitation, for this reason his look.

The lawmaker, representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency, said in an interview with Radio Kano on Saturday, monitored by using our correspondent on Sunday, that he without delay apologised to the journalist Yakubu, who incidentally have been his pal for over 30 years.

‘’I am a educated journalist. Even after my provider at the National Assembly, I will nevertheless go lower back to my number one constituency of journalism, for this reason, I am very sorry over the issue,’’ Doguwa said within the interview

It became in no way intentional because even Abdullahi Yakubu is aware of the kind of character I am.

Honestly, if there was any journalist that severely promoted my sports so far, it’s miles Yakubu.

‘’Even in a few instances, we write the tale together, in which I accurate him in some of the writeups and we would be satisfied over the entire scenario.

‘’Also, in a few cases I give you writeups, he would accurate me, saying professionally, ‘this is incorrect in journalism.’

‘’Just like I stated earlier, I actually have recognised Abdullahi for over 30 years, so with this, I actually have publicly apologised to him as it changed into the phrase attack inside the case towards me that left me in jittery. Because I am privy to human rights and that of a journalist.’’

‘’This is due to the fact newshounds are like squaddies and police, their task is a the front line process. I actually have a lot of recognize for them,” he stated.

According to Doguwa, after apologising to the journalist before the police, the difficulty has been resolved amicably as Yakubu frequent his apology.