Naziru Idris Yau, a journalist with Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV), has been hit by a stray bullet inside the government house in Kano state.
TheCable reports that the incident occurred around
6:30pm on Friday.
The journalist was said to have been immediately rushed to
the government house clinic for treatment.
The medical personnel at the clinic said the journalist was
lucky because the bullet was not shot at close range.
The journalist was subsequently discharged after the site of
injury was treated.
The origin of the stray bullet is yet to be ascertained but
police officers attached to the government house have commenced an
investigation into the matter.
The Kano state government is yet to release an official
statement regarding the incident.
The incident, which happened on the 2024 World Press Freedom
Day, brings to the fore the threats journalists face in Nigeria.
Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for
Investigative Journalism (FIJ), is currently being detained by the police over
an allegation bordering on “cybercrime”.
Ojukwu has been in police custody since May 1.
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