Kungiyar International Press Institute (IPI) ta yi kira ga Shugaban Kasa Bola Ahmed Tinubu da ya gargadi Gwamna Mohammed Umar Bago na Jihar Neja kan daukar matakai da za su takura wa ‘yan jarida da kungiyoyin kafofin watsa labarai wajen gudanar da aikinsu na kwararru a jihar.
A cikin wata sanarwa da Fidelis Mbah da Tobi Soniyi, Mataimakin Shugaba da Lauyan IPI Nijeriya suka sanya hannu, kungiyar ta ce wasu daga cikin matakan Gwamna Bago, da kuma na wasu jami’an da ke karkashinsa, sun take ‘yancin ‘yan jarida, inda suka kawo misali da kai farmaki kan Musa Mikail, babban dan jarida na Nigerian Telebision Authority (NTA) a wani taron jama’a a matsayin sabon abin da ya faru.
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An ce Mikail, wanda yake daukar rahoton Iftar na Ramadan a fadar Etsu Nupe a Bida, Jihar Neja a ranar 13 ga Maris, 2026, an tilasta masa barin wurin taron daga wasu masu gadi na musamman bisa umarnin Shehu Abdullahi Maikano, babban jami’in tsaro na Gwamna Bago.
A cewarsa ga ma’aikatan NTA, yana tsaye tare da dan kyamararsa lokacin da CSO na Gwamnan ya zo ya tambaye su su matsa.
“Na bayyana cewa ba mu hana kowa ba kuma muna gudanar da aikimmu na kwararru. Duk da haka, ya turani, sauran jami’an tsaro sun kai hari a kaina kuma sun tilasta ni fita daga taron,” in ji Mikail.
Kungiyar IPI ta bayyana cewa farmakin da aka yi wa dan jaridar NTA a baya-bayan nan yana nuna wani mummunan al’amari na take hakkin ‘yan jarida da rashin girmama ‘yancin daukar labarai da Gwamna Bago da wasu jami’an gwamnati ke yi.
Ta tunatar cewa a watan da ya gabata, rundunar ‘yansanda ta Jihar Neja ta kira kuma ta tsare dan jaridar Ahmed Isah Sakpe na Prestige FM, Minna, kan zargin ya bata suna ga jami’in tsaro da ke aiki tare da Gwamna Bago. A watan Nuwamba na bara, Gwamna Bago ya umarci rufe Badeggi FM Radio bisa dalilin yada shirye-shiryen da aka ce sun karfafa mutane su yi adawa da gwamnatinsa.
A watan Mayu, 2025, wani dan jarida mai zaman kansa, Ibrahim Ndamitso, wanda a wani taro ya tambayi Gwamna Bago kan wani sace-sace da ya faru a kan hanyar Kontagora-Minna a watan Oktoba, 2024, an zarge shi da aiki tare da ‘yan fashi, sannan aka mika shi ga ‘yansanda don bincike.
A watan Disamba, 2024, Yakubu Mustapha Bina an kira shi kuma aka yi masa tambayoyi a ofishin SSS na Jihar Neja bayan ya bayar da rahoton cewa tawagar Gwamna Bago ta bace a lokacin yawon zagaye na kauyuka a Yankin Sanata na Arewa-Masu Yamma a ranar 1 Disamba, 2024.
A watan Nuwamba, 2023, Mustapha Batsari, dan jarida na Boice of America (BoA) a Jihar Neja, an kai masa hari kuma an yi masa barazana daga Kwamishinan Tsaron Cikin Gida na Jihar, Manjo Janar Bello Mohammed Abdullahi (ritaya), a cikin Gidan Gwamnati na Minna.
Yunkurin Gwamna Bago da wasu jami’an gwamnatinsa na ci gaba da kokarin hana ‘yan jarida ‘yancin fadar albarkacin baki ya sa an sanya sunansa a cikin Littafin Kunne na IPI Nigeria (Book of Infamy) wanda aka kaddamar a ranar 2 Disamba, 2025, saboda take ‘yancin ‘yan jarida, yi musu barazana, da kokarin hana fadar albarkacin baki.
Dangane da farmakin da aka yi wa babban dan jaridar NTA, IPI Nigeria ta yi kira ga Sufeto Janar na ‘Yansanda, Tunji Disu, da ya gaggauta gudanar da bincike kan lamarin, sannan a hukunta CSO na Gwamna Bago wanda ya ba da umarnin kai farmakin kan dan jaridar.
Haka kuma, IPI ta lissafa Gwamna Bago tare da Gwamna Umoh Eno na Jihar Akwa Ibom da tsohon IGP Kayode Egbetokun, wanda wa’adinsa ya kasance cike da lokuta na tsangwama da farmaki ga ‘yan jarida, a cikin Book of Infamy, wanda Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa, Kashim Shettima, ya kaddamar a lokacin taron shekara-shekara da taron gama gari na kungiyar a ranar 2 Disamba, 2025.
