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Nigerian reporter apologies for humiliating Mugabe, quits
14 Jun 2015 at 15:05hrs | Views
The Nigerian journalists from Sahara TV who doorstepped Mugabe as he left the inauguration of Nigeria's newly-elected President Mohammadu Buhari has apologised to the veteran leader and abruptly ended her programme.
Adeola Fayehun said the encounter with Mugabe ended her career.
"I think you have heard of what happened between me and Mr Mugabe, an encounter that has led to the end of my career… I completely agree with you guys that asking Mugabe when he would step down was awful, it was disrespectful of me.
"Which is why this will be my last episode of 'Keeping it Real'" .
This is not the first time Mugabe has been humiliated by foreign journalists.
In 2008, after the contested June 27 election runoff he was accused of "rigging", Mugabe came face to face with a European journalist in Egypt at the AU Summit who asked him: "On what basis do you now regard yourself as President of Zimbabwe?"
Mugabe lost his cool and described the journalist as a "bloody idiot" before he was whisked away by security.
Adeola Fayehun said the encounter with Mugabe ended her career.
"I think you have heard of what happened between me and Mr Mugabe, an encounter that has led to the end of my career… I completely agree with you guys that asking Mugabe when he would step down was awful, it was disrespectful of me.
"Which is why this will be my last episode of 'Keeping it Real'" .
In 2008, after the contested June 27 election runoff he was accused of "rigging", Mugabe came face to face with a European journalist in Egypt at the AU Summit who asked him: "On what basis do you now regard yourself as President of Zimbabwe?"
Mugabe lost his cool and described the journalist as a "bloody idiot" before he was whisked away by security.
Source - Byo24News
