By:
our correspondent
After unjustly arrest, detention and torture, the operatives of Nigerian police force, Kaduna state have allegedly manufactured and came up with bundles of lies against the victim journalist with the intention to frame up and get him arrested.
Mr. Idibia Gabriel, the journalist with Daily Times newspapers in Kaduna was arrested by the operatives of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Kaduna, for taken a snapshot of uncountable number of cattle Shepherd by uniform policemen on Kachia expressway, on 11th June 2024.
The commissioner of police (CP), Kaduna state and his team were reportedly expressed serious anger against the journalist on hearing about his alleged action, but the allegations against him came after a wisely circulated publications on his police torture.
According to the spokesman of Kaduna state police command, Asp Mansir Hassan, the CP was visibly unhappy with Idibia on hearing about the allegations made against him by the operatives that carried out the cattle operations and tortured the journalist
Asp Hassan who disclosed this while speaking to the victim journalist through WhatsApp call on 22nd June 2024, also alleged that Mr. Idibia is being accused of aiding escape of two bandits for obstructing the police operatives, an widely known to every journalists and leadership of Nigerian Union of journalists (NUJ), Kaduna state council.
While inviting Mr. Idibia to meet with CP in his office, the police spokesman intimidated the journalist CP and his team have expressed raged anger when told about how the journalist action aided escapes of two bandits.
News reports had it that Journalist Idibia Gabriel, was arrested and tortured by Police for taken a snapshot of a large number of cattle Shepherd on Kachia highway, around Ungwam Boro, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna town after meeting with two of the operatives on 11th June 2024.
The journalist was arrested together with two other people,, his Handset, identity card were reportedly seized by the operatives but was later released with them on self recognition. He has reportedly escaped from public view as at last count as his matter politicised within his Union.
