Ibrahim Aliyu, a former staff of PHCN and father of three, has been arrested by the police in Adamawa State for allegedly battering his estranged wife and mother of his children, Nafeesa Vandi.
Vandi is a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and a staff member of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Yola.
It was gathered she and the suspect had long separated and they live apart, though not officially divorced.
In a statement jointly signed by the council chairman, Donald Dedan and his secretary, Fidelis Jocthtan, NUJ on Wednesday, August 17 cond€mned the alleged battering and called for the immediate prosecution of the suspect.
The union described the beating of a professional female practicing journalist as unacceptable, wickedness and barbaric.
“Though the police has already swung into action in investigating and arresting the perpetrator of the domestic violence, the NUJ calls for a more speedy action towards the immediate arrest and prosecution of the said Mallam Ibrahim Aliyu according to the law and constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The union further calls on national and international organizations like FIDA,UNFPA,UNICEF as well as Civil Society Organizations that are propagating a total hault on violence against women to step on the matter for justice to prevail,” the statement read.
