President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has stopped the African Independent Television ( AIT) from covering his engagement, saying the two stations are security risky to the
the incoming president.
Loading ...It will be recalled that both NTA and AIT were conspicuously medium which were used by President Goodluck Jonathan and his partu the People Democratic Party (PDP) to campaigned against the APC flagbearer during the just concluded elections
But our correspondent gathered Buhari’s team is yet to come to term with what was described as issues of ethics and standards neglected during the campaign by the two media houses
On Monday, AIT crew was asked to leave the Defence House during the visit of the Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria to the President-elect, but the crew refused to leave the venue immediately.
When contacted Buhari Spokesman, Garba Shehu said that what gave rise to the measure was concerns over security and ethical standards which members of the family of the President- elect raised.
.”AIT has been asked to stay aside based on security and family concerns. In addition, the 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.”
He however, said it was not true that the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has been bared along with the AIT, Shehu said the NTA crew are free to attend the events of the President-elect and to cover it accordingly.
