On August 8, 2024, security operatives attached to Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed threatened to deal with journalists who were inside the Palace Hall of the Emir of Katagum trying to find where to record the Governor’s speech. An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) simply identified as Abdul ordered the journalists to vacate the hall.
The journalists who are members of the Bauchi State Correspondents’ Chapel were at the Palace of the Emir of Katagum when the Governor visited the local government after a violent protest where hoodlums razed the Council Secretariat, a former deputy governor’s house among others in Azare, Bauchi State.
The journalists were looking for an alternative spot to get their job done within the hall before the DSS officer went to meet them again and threatened them saying: “This is just the beginning.”
The DSS officer blurted out: “You challenged me? You will see. This thing that you have done, this is the beginning.” He warned the journalists threatening that he would deal with them.
