President Goodluck Jonathan’s handlers on Monday walked out a journalist from the Presidential Villa in Abuja, in what could be a new style of intimidating newsmen. Their first victim is Mr. Ubale Musa, the State House correspondent of German Radio, Deutsche Welle.
Musa’s accreditation tag was withdrawn by security operatives attached to the Presidential Villa.

The embattled journalist was expelled from the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for asking visiting Chadian President, Idriss Derby, a question authorities found to be embarrassing.

Musa had asked the visiting President to explain the relationship between the multinational task force fighting in Lake Chad and the South African mercenaries fighting with them.

Derby simply responded that he had no information concerning mercenaries from South Africa.

Shortly after the visiting President left, Musa was invited by security operatives and his tag was withdrawn.

Security operatives thereafter drove him in a vehicle out of the forecourt of the President’s office through the Service Chiefs’ Gate.

When he told the operatives that some of his work tools were still inside the Press Gallery where journalists operate from, the operatives led him to the hall to retrieve his belongings and led him out of the Villa again.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, was said to have assured a delegation of State House correspondents who met him on the matter that the issue would be resolved appropriately.

As of the time of filing this report, however, Musa’s accreditation had not yet been restored.

http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathans-men-begin-clampdown-on-journalists/

Cc lalasticlala

ok

Yea, this is PDP's way of promoting press freedom.

Let the TANoids come and defend their paymaster on this.

ok2.... old though

So PDP that were castigating Buhari over AIT are even worse than Buhari.

The question asked was not out of place. You guys need to follow the British press and see how they tasks their politicians.

Nigerian politicians need to learn that they are meant to serve the people and not the other way round.

That is why this clueless president who lost the election is going on about conceding defeat.

It is the only choice you had because you lost the elections.

And where is the Freedom of Press

Jona and his team must deny this come tomorrow ! And they wanted to burn GMB alive for AIT's propaganda! I now see that what goes around truly comes around!


Nonsense I just pity temitemi1! If you see him please tell him that he is better off without a role model!



My vote for Twaci as miss Nairaland 2015



Cheeeeers

.

Hmmm....

Wey pinshure?

hmmmm so bad
GMB bar AIT, hell was let loose
Now GEJ men throw out journalist for asking question
tanoid pls defend GEJ sensibly

We should be allowed to ask any question regarding security issues, especially regarding this boko haram issue and other countries doing the job for us. No harm in the question why punish? Whatever happened to freedom of speech?

dre11:
So PDP that were castigating Buhari over AIT are even worse than Buhari.
The question asked was not out of place. You guys need to follow the British press and see how they tasks their politicians.
Nigerian politicians need to learn that they are meant to serve the people and not the other way round.
That is why this clueless president who lost the election is going on about conceding defeat.
It is the only choice you had because you lost the elections.

I was told to always hear both sides of a story before commenting or taking sides. You posted an article and went on to comment berating the President as been clueless indicating where your interest lies carelessly.

It has already started paining GEJ that he conceded defeat, he thought it was in a Dream

If it wereto be Buhari hell would have been let loose by tanoids

Ok....Thank God is from Jonathan camp....
PDP e-rabbits what do u want to say to this....absolutely nothing...
The fact is many of the modern journalists are lazy, unprofessional and quack, so treating them the way they are should not cause commotion in the society.
Many of them are looking for what to eat by compromising e.g Ruben Abati

anonimi:
Wey pinshure?

hypocrite! What do you have to say about this?

anonimi:
Wey pinshure?

When Buhari did same to AIT reporters you didn't ask for pictures.... I think we need to be treating some journalist they way they are, they are unprofessional...
Lol at your picture

Oboy this people dey vex oo

















na so aso villa sweet reach, so tey they no wan comot

Na so oo

Failure dey cause madness ni?

haha my hero

Vexing tinz. You neva chin chum chin.

Just imagine all these unfortunate happenings going on for the next four years!

Hope things will CHANGE

Better for him

ghen ghen.

Lol

Hmm

too little too late