Abubakar Jidda Usman, a Kaduna-based journalist and Head of News and Current Affairs, Freedom Radio, Kaduna Station, has escaped death following an attack by yet to be identified hoodlums.
The incident occurred around 2am on Sunday, in his residence at number in Badarawa, a suburb in Kaduna metropolis.
Usman, who’s been hospitalised at Garkuwa Hospital said his attackers appeared from behind a wall where they were hiding and attacked him with swards and machetes.
"I came out of my room to ease myself in the guest toilet in my house. Suddenly, the hoodlums appeared from a wall where they were hiding and attacked me from behind.
"Upon a struggle, the hoodlums attacked me with machete on my neck, missing my throat by inches, leaving me in the pool of my own blood and fled, thinking that I am dead, it was very dark, so I couldn’t identify their faces," he added
He said the incident has been reported to the police at Malali police station.
Adamu Ladan, Kaduna Station Manager of Freedom Radio, when contacted said management of the station have already contacted the security over the attack and are also studying the situation to ascertain whether it is an organized attack.
"We are also organizing ourselves to study the situation to know whether the attacked is organized or just a usual attack from hoodlums," he said.
The Kaduna State Police Command spokesperson, ASP Mukhtar Aliyu, when contacted, said Investigation is ongoing.
He said the police are also making frantic efforts to get the culprits arrested.
