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A female journalist based in Katsina state, Ruqayya Aliyu Jibia, has cried out for justice, saying her life is in danger following her encounter with the Nigerian police in the state. Ms Aliyu, who works for Tambarin Hausa TV in the state, took to her Tik Tok account and shared a two minutes and 50 seconds video from her place of hiding. While narrating her ordeals in a video obtained by SaharaReporters, Rukayya said she was arrested for criticising the police public parade of four girls allegedly arrested for prostitution on her personal Tiktok account.

May 27, 2023Ms Aliyu, who works for Tambarin Hausa TV in the state, took to her Tik Tok account and shared a two minutes and 50 seconds video from her place of hiding.

While narrating her ordeals in a video obtained by SaharaReporters, Rukayya said she was arrested for criticising the police public parade of four girls allegedly arrested for prostitution on her personal Tiktok account. “Upon seeing that video, I recorded a Tik Tok video on my personal Tik Tok page, where I quoted a section in Nigerian Constitution which I suggested to the police that they should have taken the girls to the court until they are proven guilty before parading them to the press,” she said.

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