{"id":70653,"date":"2022-08-21T20:18:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T19:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/alleged-attack-on-journalist-fct-minister-reacts-to-incident-at-apc-secretariat"},"modified":"2022-08-21T21:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T20:21:08","slug":"alleged-attack-on-journalist-fct-minister-reacts-to-incident-at-apc-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alleged-attack-on-journalist-fct-minister-reacts-to-incident-at-apc-secretariat","title":{"rendered":"Alleged attack on journalist: FCT Minister reacts to incident at APC Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has described a report that the Minister of State for the FCT, Ramatu Tijani Aliyu\u2019s security operatives attacked a journalist and the security details at the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja, as malicious.<\/p>\n<p>Comrade Isaac David, the Special Assistant on Youth Matters to the FCT Minister, in a statement said that the report was not true and was meant to tarnish the good image of the Minister of State for FCT, who has always acted as a mother to residents of the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>He said that for the report to state that when the incident was going on, the Minister of State sat inside her vehicle without saying anything, was completely out of place for a woman who has always served as a mother figure to residents of the FCT, irrespective of party affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>The minister\u2019s aide however, expressed disappointment that instead of sympathizing with the Minister of State\u2019s driver who was brutalized and rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, the minister of state is being dragged to an incident that a section of the media misrepresented as an assault on some media practitioners without referring to the violations of the constitutionally protected human rights of the driver to the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads in parts: \u201cIt is completely sad that we are good at sensationalistic journalism just to satisfy a few people. Imagine that the Minister\u2019s driver was killed in the presence of many police operatives who are now cooking up different stories to deflate the severity of their crime against Mr. Idoko the driver of the minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are privy to what transpired at the APC National Secretariat and witnessed how the policemen guarding the office resulted in violence without restraint. There is no way that what happened on that day would be used to paint the image of the Minister of State for FCT in a bad light. That can be best described as nothing but political blackmail and should be ignored by the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the information we got, the incident which happened on August 18, 2022, at the APC National Party Secretariat where the Minister of State, FCT, Hajia Ramatu Tijani Aliyu was present as she was part of the committee that was inaugurated for North \u2013 West support for Tinubu. Outside the event venue, it was reported that one of the Minister of State\u2019s drivers was attacked and beaten up and in a pool of his blood with Police officers and other civilians present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver who was wrongly accused of being a thief, was, however, rescued and rushed to the hospital for medical attention after the mob was duly informed that the driver is not a thief, rather he is a driver of the FCT Minister of State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most annoying part of the whole thing is that instead of showing remorse and admitting their mistake, the Police officers and the Chief Security Officer attached to the Party Secretariat who assaulted him alleged that the driver assaulted them, which was not the case as the driver was rather being assaulted by them to the point of injuries,\u201d the statement further stated.<\/p>\n<p>David further called on the Inspector General of Police Alhaji Usman Alkali Baba to investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to book, mostly those who are trying to tarnish the good image of the Honourable Minister of State for FCT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also urging him to instill more professional excellence and dexterity in the duty of the Nigeria Police. We are confident that the IGP will ensure that the driver whose rights were abused by the police operatives alongside other members of the unruly mob is brought to justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has described a report that the Minister of State for the FCT, Ramatu Tijani Aliyu\u2019s security operatives attacked a journalist and the security details at the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja, as malicious. 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