Newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, assaults Journalist
The newly appointed Nigerian ambassador to Mexico, Adejare Bello, on Friday, assaulted a journalist in Osogbo, the state capital of Osun State
Bello, a two-term former speaker of the Osun State assembly, currently representing Nigeria as an Ambassador, publicly attacked Adeniyi Akinromade, a reporter of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation while he was rendering social service during traffic gridlock.
In a report obtained by newsmen, that there was gridlock on Friday morning at Oke-Fia in Osogbo and the concerned journalist, decided to help direct vehicles away from the hold-up, to ensure the free flow of traffic on the jammed routes.
However, Bello who was stuck in the same traffic gridlock at the time, alongside his security personnel alighted from his vehicle and began to assault the journalist.
In a chat with newsmen, Akinromade narrated, “I was on my way to Oke-Fia when I saw gridlock and people shunting. I took it upon myself to control some defiant motorists who were trying to manipulate their ways against traffic rules.
“While I was doing out this, Bello was passing through the road and he felt I was obstructing his movement. He alighted from his vehicle with annoyance in front of the Nigeria Police Microfinance bank along the axis.
Despite telling him that I am a journalist and that I was only carrying out social service, he was slapping me alongside officers attached to him. I was brutalised and embarrassed publicly”, he said.
When contacted, Bello did not deny assaulting the journalist. “I was the only one who slapped him. My police officers were not involved”.
Tell him (the journalist) to report to the police. He drove against traffic and I slapped him. I was the only one who slapped him and I am not denying that”, he said before dropping the call.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun State Council has condemned in strong terms an open assault meted out to one of its members, Niyi Akinromade by Nigeria Ambassador to Mexico, Adejare Bello.
