Presidential aide Daniel Bwala has claimed that Al Jazeera privately apologised to him following his controversial interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan but declined to issue a public apology.
Bwala said the broadcaster admitted shortcomings in the handling of the interview but refused his request to make the apology public, citing concerns about the network’s credibility.
According to him, Al Jazeera failed to disclose beforehand that part of the interview would focus on his past criticism of President Bola Tinubu, a development he described as professionally unethical.
He further alleged that portions of the interview were selectively edited in a way that favoured the interviewer while omitting sections where he challenged some of the claims made during the discussion.
Bwala said he has since instructed his lawyers in England to institute a defamation suit against the media organisation after it declined to publicly acknowledge its apology.
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