Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has disclosed that he is suing Al Jazeera in the United Kingdom over what he described as the selective editing of his interview on the broadcaster’s ‘Head to Head’ programme hosted by Mehdi Hasan.
Speaking on The Morayo Show, aired on MAP Studios on Thursday, Mr Bwala said he instructed his lawyers in England to institute legal proceedings after the broadcaster declined his request to issue a public apology despite apologising to him privately.
According to the presidential aide, only about 49 minutes of his 90-minute interview were eventually aired, a decision he said portrayed him unfairly and damaged his reputation.
“They apologised to me privately. I said they should put it on social media. They said they will not. So I instructed my lawyers in England to go to court. The case is currently in court… my advisers in England said it’s a defamation of character,” he said.
The interview, which aired in March, drew widespread attention after Mr Hasan confronted Mr Bwala with several statements he made while serving as a spokesperson for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential campaign. Mr Bwala has consistently maintained that the programme was edited in a way that misrepresented him.
