KANO—Newly-appointed National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has frowned at media coverage of his emergence, describing it as “not too good so far,” even as he shunned newsmen over series of “misrepresentation and mistranslation of his views,” yesterday.

Dasuki, who was in Kano to assess the security challenges on ground, held his lips with his left hand to avoid answering reporters’ questions.

Meanwhile, Lagos State Police Command said it handed over 191 illegal aliens to the Immigration Service as security agencies stepped up the hunt for criminals and other miscreants in the state.

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, said the illegal aliens were fished out from the hundreds of suspected criminals so far arrested in ongoing raids across the state, adding that profiling was still going on to identify others.

While welcoming Dasuki, Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State said: “The equation has begun to change in our favour with appointment of Col. Dasuki as National Security Adviser, NSA. Kano will lend its full support to ensure that he succeeds.”

Earlier, the NSA in an address, during a courtesy call on Governor Kwankwaso, devoted time to caution the media over its responsibilities.

He said: My experience with the press so far is not a very good one; what normally happens is that some people will record what I said.

“Somehow, in the process of transcribing, the meaning is lost and some of the things I said are not necessary reflected and those that I didn’t say are somehow stated as having been said.

“The media is the problem so far. Sensationalism is the order of the day while trying to translate what I said and in the process the whole message is lost and misconstrued. Be mindful of your responsibilities.”