Kunle Ajibade

Kunle Ajibade
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	28 Mayu 1958 (66 shekaru)
ƙasa	Najeriya
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo
Harsuna	Turanci Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan jarida da marubuci

Kunle Ajibade (an haife shi a ranar 28 ga watan Mayun 1958) ɗan jaridar Najeriya ne, edita, kuma marubuci. A shekarar 1995, tare da Janar Olusegun Obasanjo, da wasu ƴan jarida uku, an ɗaure su a gidan yari bisa zargin cin amanar ƙasa. A cikin 1998/1999, ya kasance abokin Feuchtwanger a Villa Aurora a Los Angeles.

Ilimi da farkon aiki

Ajibade ya yi digirin farko a fannin Turanci da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin adabi-Turanci daga Jami’ar Obafemi Awolowo. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai kawo rahoto ga The African Concord, Mataimakin Edita a The African Guardian, kuma a matsayin Babban Editan Jaridar, TheNEWS da PM News.

Kama shi, daure shi, da sakin shi

A shekarar 1995, gwamnatin mulkin soja ta Sani Abacha ta sanar da kame wasu ƴan Najeriya da ake zargi da hannu a yunƙurin juyin mulki. Jerin sunayen sun haɗa da tsohon shugaban ƙasa Olusegun Obasanjo, mataimakinsa Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, da dai sauransu.

A yayin shari’ar waɗanda suka yi yunƙurin juyin mulkin, TheNews, ɗaya daga cikin fitattun jaridun Najeriya masu bincike da yaki da ta’addanci, ta buga wani labari mai suna “Ba Laifi ba – Rundunar Sojoji ta Kore waɗanda ake zargin sun yi juyin mulki”. Kuma duk da cewa a yanzu ba shi ne editan jaridar ba kamar yadda yake a farkon shekarar, saboda sunansa ya bayyana a kan mastalar, an yi niyyar kama Ajibade.

An tuhume shi da laifin 'kayan buga littattafai da za su iya kawo cikas ga aikin kotun da suka yi yunƙurin ‘juyin mulki’ da kuma ‘bata jama'a’. Laifin ya kasance "'a matsayin mai shiga bayan gaskiyar cin amanar ƙasa" kuma hukuncin shine ɗaurin rai-da-rai a kurkuku. Wannan dai shi ne karon farko da za a yi wa ƴan jarida shari’a (da kuma hukunta su) da masu yunkurin juyin mulki a ƙasar.

Sauran ƴan jaridar da aka kama a lokaci guda, sun haɗa da George Mbah na Tell Magazine, Chris Anyanwu na Jaridar Sunday, da Ben Obi na Weekend Classique.

Ɗauri

An yanke musu hukuncin ɗaurin ra rai-da-rai a gidan yari, yayin da aka yanke hukuncin kisa ga Ƴar’aduwa. An kai Ajibade gidan yarin Makurdi, a cewarsa-(Ajibade), “ya riga da, ya mutu”.

An yi ta cece-kuce a duniya inda aka rage hukuncin ɗaurin talala na Ajibade zuwa shekaru 15.

Saki

A ranar 8 ga watan Yunin 1998, Janar Abacha ya rasu a ofis. Janar Abdulsalami Abubakar ya saki Ajibade a ranar 18 ga watan Yuli na waccan shekarar.

Rayuwa ta sirri

Ajibade yana da aure, da ‘ya’ya 2.

Littattafai

• Kunle Ajibade (2003). Jailed for Life: A Reporter's Prison Notes. HEBN Publishers. p. 228. ISBN 9789781295591.
• Kunle Ajibade (2008). What a Country!. Bookcraft. p. 176. ISBN 9789788135296.

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