Ja’afar, according to a Facebook post by Shuaib, fled Nigeria after he suffered a series of political intimidations and security threats.
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Ganduje had been caught on video stuffing his pockets with wads of dollar bills suspected to be bribe from a contractor.
The journalist had published video clips of the governor in October 2018, allegedly showing him collecting dollars, believed to be kickbacks from contractors handling various projects awarded by the Kano State Government.
The Publisher of the Daily Nigerian newspaper, Jaafar Jaafar, has lost his mother, Fatima Muhammadu, at the age of 70 after a protracted illness.
The other two journalists are: Nasiru Zango, Head of Operations, Dala FM Kano, and Dr Ahmad Isah, the founder of Brekete Family and Human Rights Radio, popularly known as “Ordinary President”.
The Editor-In-Chief of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar, has denied the involvement of the newspaper in the current video.
Jaafar reaffirmed the position when he appeared before a probe panel set up by the Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday.
The Committee set up by the Kano State House of Assembly to investigate the authenticity of a video clip allegedly showing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje receiving bribe, has summoned the Editor-in-Chief of Daily Nigerian,Malam Ja’afar Ja’afar, to appear before it.