ASUU Leaders Assault Journalists In Minna Over Strike Report

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After hours of endless waiting by
journalists, leaders of the Academic Staff
Union of University, emerged from the
Senate Building of the Federal University of
Technology, Minna, venue of the National
Executive Committee meeting of the union,
to harass the anxious newsmen.
They shouted repeatedly, “who invited these
silly people.”
One of the notable members of the Union
that instructed security men to order the
journalists to leave the building is the
Chairman of ASUU in FUT, Minna, Dr.
Abdulfatai Jimoh, who went ahead to
assault the Daily Trust correspondent, Aliyu
Hamagan.
Jimoh had earlier thought Hamagan was a
member of the Union and invited him to
come closer. He then asked, “Who brought
this silly people inside? What are they doing
here?”
Hamagan, however, responded, “I am one
of the people you are calling silly. I will not
have you insult us like that.”
Jimoh, on finding out that he was speaking
with a journalist, pushed Hamagan and
asked him to leave the premises, saying,
“You people are intruding, we did not invite
you. Get out of this place now.”
The meeting, which started at about
11.30am and holding in behind closed doors
at the Senate Building of the FUT, Minna,
was ongoing at the time of filing this report
at about 7pm.
The scenario took another twist when
members of ASUU NEC LOC emerged to
inform journalists that some of them
(ASUU) are not comfortable with the
presence of the pressmen.
Jimoh, who was at this time furious,
threatened the media men, saying
“Anything wey una see, make una take am
like that, because we didn’t invite the
media.”
However, there was a disagreement among
the members over the presence of the
media. Some suggested that the journalists
should stay because they were doing their
job, others persisted that “we did not invite
them. When we need them, we will invite
them.”
The Vice Chancellor FUT, Minna, Prof.
Musbau Akanji, who got the news that ASUU
assaulted some journalists, rushed to the
venue pleading with the journalists.
“Although, I am not a part of the meeting,
but I am apologising on their behave because
they are in my territory. This place (FUT,
Minna) is a Federal Government institution,
and it is a public place that everybody
including journalists can enter especially
when they are discharging their
responsibilities,” Akanji said.
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