SaharaReporters gathered that the governor-elect had invited some journalists for a press conference at the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign office.
The Kaduna State Governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani has threatened a Vanguard reporter, Ibrahim Hassan Mahmood Wuyo, for allegedly publishing a story against his political interest.
SaharaReporters gathered that the governor-elect had invited some journalists for a press conference at the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign office.
But the journalists were surprised to realise that it was a meeting between the governor-elect and the representatives of some political parties, governorship candidates, pastors and individuals who support his political interest.
The environment was reportedly militarised with plain-clothes and combat-ready security personnel who kept vigil within and outside the campaign office.
Hassan in a statement made available to SaharaReporters said, "I and the other journalists went in and met him together with a former Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), a former Kaduna North Local Government Council Chairman and an aide.
"To my utmost surprise, what I and others thought would be a press conference, turned into something else which made me feel threatened, emotionally depressed, psychologically unbalanced and morally downgraded.
"First, the Governor-elect asked about my medium and I told him I was the Correspondent of Vanguard media. He suddenly changed his countenance and began to heap blame on me. He said unapologetically that my reports as published in Vanguard were against his political interest.
"When I politely asked him to be specific on which report or reports he was angry about, he only fidgeted with his phone, and asked the former PTDF boss if he had read the report, but was not categorical. In fact, he couldn't ascribe to me or mention any published report he earlier claimed was written by me, which was allegedly against his interest.
"He spoke harshly, drew my attention to what happened to a former Vanguard correspondent in Kaduna State who I later got to know, had it rough with the state government and was even incarcerated.
"The Governor-elect had a kind of transferred anger on me when he mentioned that despite the fact that he donated a vehicle to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, the NUJ Chairman allegedly worked against his interests during the just concluded election.
"I was quiet throughout and was not given the opportunity to respond. He gloated that whatever, he had won the election and would be given the certificate of return on Wednesday.
"As a lawmaker (incumbent Senator) and someone close to a lawyer, I expected that he should know that journalism gives him the right under the law of libel, sedition and slander to take action on any story he felt uncomfortable with, in a court of law. He also has the right of reply.
"Till this moment, the Governor-elect or anyone on his behalf had not done any of such but had crudely chosen to embarrass, humiliate and threaten me in front of my colleagues.
"I would like to seek an apology because I, my family and friends, my close associates and concerned colleagues felt bad and disturbed over his action.”