3 journalists arrested over killing of polio vaccinators 
Published on February 11, 2013 by pmnews · 8 CommentsMADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano
Three staff of the Kano station of Wazobia FM have been arrested by the Nigerian police over what security agencies described as inciting reports that allegedly led to the attack on two health centres at Angwar Uku and Hotoro quarters last Friday.
Residents of the northern Nigerian city of Kano were shocked as they woke up that day with the sad news of the killing of nine female social health workers who were on duty by yet unidentified gunmen on tricycles.
Puzzled by the attack which is second within the last six months, detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, acting on orders from Abuja went after the journalists whose programme was believed to have incited Islamic extremists to kill the health workers in protest over the polio exercise in the city.
Suleiman Gama, producer of the Hausa programme, Sandar Girma, Yakubu Musa, presenter of the programme and Mubarak Malam, reporter, are being quizzed by detectives at the Bompai headquarters of Kano Police Command.
Security agencies believe that in the radio program, Polio immunization was criticized as anti-Islam and western ploy to reduce the population of the region via infertility.
Mr. Ibrahim Idris, Kano state Commissioner of Police confirmed the arrest of the radio journalist, describing their action as, “irresponsible journalism,” pointing out that thorough investigation are being carried out by his men.
According to him, the programme which was aired few days before the attack was grossly inciting, noting that it influenced the behavior of the attackers.
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THIS IS A SHAME, ISLAMIC CLERIC AND THEIR LEADERS INCLUDING RADIO HOST ARE INCITING ALL THESE FOOLS TO BE KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY PREACH AND TEACH THEIR PEOPLE.
Hausa/Fulanis are animals,they have just killed another foreign medical doctors in Maiduguri. They should let continue to die of polio,Guinea worm and other curable diseases they are known for,may be that will reduce BH as they say that civilization is a taboo to them.
Sure those guys are not journalists. No sane, educated journalists will open his or her mouth and say that rubbish. If found guilty they should be made to pay with their lives
Sure those guys are not journalists. No sane, educated journalists will open his or her mouth and say that rubbish. If found guilty they should be made to pay with their lives
Sure those guys are not journalists. No sane, educated journalists will open his or her mouth and say that rubbish. If found guilty they should be made to pay with their lives
They always turn everything upside down! Education is a taboo, when the holy Quran that we should seek knowledge any where we can get it, I think the few learned among these Hausas/Fulani need to be giving them continuous training on the ways of lives. How can somebody if not a fool believe that Polio Immunization is to reduce the population.They kill for anything, Morons.
Even Quaran asks us to seek knowlegde from one end to another but 80% of hausa and fulani are so useless,all they believe in is pawer to rule Nigeria yet they are the poorest region,high rate of disease.
i have always wonder why people combine the words- fulani and hausa as hausa/fulani. are they not different tribes. it is ridiculous. a criminal cannot be both hausa and fulani. the northerners have been fooling us with this in everything to shield criminals and to mislead