President-elect
Muhammadu Buhari has barred the African Independent Television (AIT) from
covering his activities, citing issues of “ethics and standard” that need to be
sorted out with the broadcast medium.
Acting
on orders on Monday, security operatives at the Defence House, where Buhari is
currently resident, would not let the AIT crew into the building.
TheCable report continues:
Buhari
received the Cuban and Switzerland ambassadors as well as other guests, but AIT
was denied coverage.
Speaking
on the issue Garba Shehu, spokesman of the Buhari Campaign Organization, said:
“AIT has been asked to step aside based on security and family concerns.
“In
addition, 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.
“You
can quote me that I said that we have asked them to step aside and that we are
resolving the the issues of ethics and standards with them.”
Prior to the March 28
presidential election, AIT aired a series of documentaries considered to
have disparaged Buhari, his late wife and late daughter, as well as other
prominent faces in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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