Media practitioner, Yushau Shuaib has narrated how Daily
Nigerian publisher, Jaafar Jaafar fled Nigeria after the viral dollar video
showing Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The Editor-in-Chief of PRNigeria made a Facebook post at the
weekend after visiting Jaafar who is in exile in London, United Kingdom.
Shuaib noted that the journalist was forced to leave his
fatherland after suffering a series of political harassments and security
threats.
The former National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
spokesman recalled seeing off Jaafar to the airport as he flew out about a year
ago.
“A few days before Jaafar Jaafar left, I visited him in Kano
where he showed me CCTV footage of strange movements around his residence.
“Less than 24 hours after, similar movements were noticed in
his Abuja residence. Later he received security invitations over frivolous
allegations.
“I am very happy to visit his family in their safe abode one
year after today. We discussed power failure, petrol scarcity, ASUU strike
etc,” he said.
Shuaib said Jaafar wished Nigeria could be better so that
everyone would be proud of safety and prosperity.
In a chat with Dailypost, Jaafar confirmed he quietly
travelled out of the country because he had been marked for elimination.
“I am very sorry that I could not inform my colleagues,
friends and family. The situation at that time did not permit any disclosure”,
he explained.
The publisher and his family were granted an emergency entry
into the UK due to the severity of the intimidation.
In an interview with BBC Hausa in March 2021, Ganduje
disclosed they were planning to deal with persons who released the videos that
sparked outrage.
Jaafar then wrote a petition to the former Inspector General
of Police, Mohammed Adamu on the renewed threats to his life.
In April 2021, the police invited him for questioning
bordering on “criminal conspiracy, defamation, injurious falsehood and inciting
violence”.
The letter signed by ACP A. A. Elleman demanded his
appearance appear on Monday, April 19, 2021, “to shed more light on the
allegation”.
But after receiving intelligence that he would be
incarcerated for “daring to expose a sitting governor”, Jaafar fled Nigeria
from a secret location.
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