Security
advisers of the President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Monday barred the
television crew of the African Independent Television from covering the
activities of their principal until further notice.
It was gathered that the
security team cited adverse security reports and ethical issues as reasons for
their action.
Members of the AIT crew,
who were at Defence House meeting between the President-elect and a visiting
Cuban delegation, led by its Ambassador to Nigeria, were asked to leave the
vicinity until further notice.
The crew, who did not speak
on record, insisted they would remain and continue to do their jobs because
they had yet to be “formally informed.”
“Yes, we were told but we
cannot just leave; we have a job to do. In any case, we have not been
officially informed about what we have done wrong,” one of them said.
Director of Press of the
All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mallam Garba
Shehu, confirmed the development.
He said concerns over
security and the need to sort out some ethical issues were responsible for the
ac
Shehu said, “AIT has been
asked to stay aside based on security and family concerns. In addition, General
Buhari has decided that they will have to resolve some issues relating to
issues of standard and ethics.
“We will be talking with
them to try and resolve the matter but for now, the station has been asked to
stay aside because, like I said, there are some family and security concerns.
“They have been asked to
step down their coverage until we resolve the matter with them on ethics and
standards.”
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