Police Raid Kaduna TV Station Over Critical Donation Video

The police raided a Kaduna TV station after it aired a video explainer questioning a N300 million donation made by Ibrahim Kabir Masari, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Political Affairs, to a university established by Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa’ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS) in Bauchi State. The explainer, presented by Zainab Salihu Yabagi, criticized the donation, questioning Masari's capability to donate such an amount and labeling the public display of wealth as wasteful and insensitive.

Following the broadcast, plain-clothes security personnel arrived at the station, later calling for armed police reinforcements. The police demanded to see Yabagi, who was not present, and subsequently took the General Manager and a security guard to the police command.

Both were later released, with a request for Yabagi to return to the police command to make a statement. The International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) condemned the police's actions, urging that grievances against media reports should be addressed through legal channels rather than intimidation.