The reporter went into hiding after she was released on bail.
A journalist who works for a Katsina-based Hausa language television station, Tambari Hausa TV, Rukayya Aliyu – Jibia has alleged that her life is in danger after an altercation with the police last week in Katsina.
“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. Ms Jibia said the emir ordered the police to remand her but when she was taken to court, the judge was not around. She was later taken to the police area commander’s office and told to write a statement and asked to return the following day.
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