The woman, who was accused of setting a young girl’s hair on fire over witchcraft allegation, had feigned ignorance when Isah questioned her.
After several attempts to make her own up ended in futility, Isah slapped the defenceless woman in front of his audience.
In an interview with NAN on Thursday, Mr Ekanem Antia, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, NBC, said Isah had been invited for explanation.
The deputy director further explained that the invitation would enable the commission to know the circumstances surrounding the situation that led to the assault.
“The NBC, as a regulatory body for broadcast media, is concerned over the recent happening at the Human Rights Radio and deemed it fit to invite Isah,” he said.
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Ekanem Antia, NBC deputy director, public affairs, said this in an interview with NAN on Thursday.
“The NBC, as a regulatory body for broadcast media, is concerned over the recent happening at the Human Rights Radio and deemed it fit to invite Isah,” he said.
Isah, popularly called ‘ordinary president’, hosts a long-running radio and television programme known as ‘Brekete Family’.
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seen slapping a lady who was accused of setting her brother’s daughter on fire.
Following the criticism that trailed the video, Isah subsequently
apologised, saying his action was triggered by zeal and passion.
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Published 19 May 2021
Radio broadcaster and human rights advocate, Ahmed Isah, commonly called ‘Ordinary President’, has apologised for striking a lady on camera.
Isah, who hosts the popular Brekete family show on Human Rights Radio Abuja, was outed on Monday by a BBC Africa Eye report which showed how Ordinary President violated the rights of some persons brought before him for investigation.
The video also showed Isah physically assaulting a woman identified as Susan on his show. The woman in question had been alleged to have physically abused her six-year-old niece, burning her hair after branding her a ‘witch’.