Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,195,560 members, 7,958,743 topics. Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2024 at 10:07 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Journalists Barred From Covering Kogi State Deputy Gov Inauguration (473 Views)
Hunters' Gift To Prince Eze Madumere, Imo State Deputy Governor / Suspended DG NIA Weeps, Barred From Aso Rock / EFCC Recovers N4billion Cash From Ex-Niger State Deputy Governorship Candidate (2) (3) (4)
(1)
Journalists Barred From Covering Kogi State Deputy Gov Inauguration by Zakkyoz: 10:53pm On Feb 09, 2016 |
Security operatives attached to the
Kogi State Government House on
Tuesday prevented journalists in
the state from covering the
inauguration of the deputy
governor, Simon Achuba.
The plain cloth and uniform men at
the entrance of the banquet hall of
the Lugard House in Lokoja
ordered journalists, mainly
members of the correspondent’s
chapel out of the reception of the
hall.
The newsmen had rushed down
from the House of Assembly
complex to the private residence of
the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya
Bello, where he is using as office
only to be directed to the banquet
hall of the government house.
However, the armed security men,
who had initially screened the
journalists thoroughly at the
reception later, ordered them out of
the hall, claiming that the event
was not for coverage.
The security men, who claimed
that they have an instruction from
the above that the inauguration
was not meant to be a public
function warned the journalists to
leave the office.
One of the security men said, “if
the programme is meant for
coverage, it would have been held
at the Township Stadium.”
All efforts to make the security
operatives see reason with the
media men were rebuffed as they
maintained that the event should
not be reported.
The Special Adviser to the
governor on Media, Mallam
Abdulmalik Abdulkareem and Chief
Press Secretary, Mr Kingsley
Fanwo, were not on hand to
intervene on behalf of the
maltreated journalists.
Several efforts by the Chairman of
Correspondents’ Chapel, Mallam
Ademu Idakwo, to explain to the
security men were rebuffed.
Credit: Tribune |
Re: Journalists Barred From Covering Kogi State Deputy Gov Inauguration by Mynd44: 5:10am On Feb 10, 2016 |
(1)
Northern Govs. To Obtain Loan From Saudi; Senate Cautions, Says Its Illegal / Breaking: FG Fires NTA, NOA, Others’ Dgs / Nairaland Call To Action
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 8 |