(MFWA/IFEX) – On 8 December 2005, Moussa Aksar, managing editor of the independent weekly newspaper “L’Evenement,” was assaulted by a member of the National Assembly, Sanoussi Jakou, for allegedly tarnishing the image of the legislator’s family. In a September 2005 issue, “L’Evenement” published a letter from a reader alleging that the chief of the Kornaka […]
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 8 December 2005, Moussa Aksar, managing editor of the independent weekly newspaper “L’Evenement,” was assaulted by a member of the National Assembly, Sanoussi Jakou, for allegedly tarnishing the image of the legislator’s family.
In a September 2005 issue, “L’Evenement” published a letter from a reader alleging that the chief of the Kornaka District, Jakou’s brother, had stripped naked a woman he suspected of witchcraft.
According to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) – Niger source, Jakou, who was displeased with the publication, slapped the editor after an earlier confrontation in front of the premises of Nouvelle Imprimerie du Niger (NIN).
The editor has since lodged a formal complaint with the police.