Muyiwa Adekeye, media aide to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of
Kaduna, has explained why his principal discussed with President Muhammadu
Buhari on a kidnap threat.
In a video that surfaced over the weekend, bandits had
threatened to abduct the president and the governor.
Speaking on the development on Wednesday, el-Rufai had said
the president was unaware of the threat before he discussed the matter with
him.
Giving further details on why the governor was the first to
inform Buhari about the kidnap threat, Adekeye, in a statement on Friday, said
it was not an attempt to show security agencies were not effective.
“The suggestion and
storylines by a section of the media that this amounted to a failing by the
security agencies to brief Mr. President is not what the Governor expressly
said in the Hausa language interview,” the statement reads.
“At all times, it is important that the media exercises
restraint and ensures contextual accuracy in reporting, and avoids issues that
may arise from or be lost in translation.
“We must not by acts of commission or omission glorify the
terrorists or demonise officials charged with the duty to contain and destroy
them. Nigeria’s security challenges should neither be politicised nor deployed
to mislead our people.”
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