Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday denied
walking journalists out of his meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party
delegates in Jos, Plateau State, vowing to investigate the allegations.
The presidential aspirant last week, reportedly arrived at
the Jos PDP secretariat and ordered journalists out angrily, allegedly saying
he had no nothing to do with them.
However, Atiku in a statement on Tuesday, by his Aide on
Youth and Support Groups, Aliyu Bin Abbas, described journalists as critical
stakeholders in the nation that cannot be overlooked, while assuring that he
would investigate the alleged barring of media practitioners from his visits to
some North Central states.
Atiku who said he was saddened by the reports that some
journalists who covered his visits to the North Central states of Benue and
Plateau were not granted access to him by those at the venues of both visits,
claimed he was not aware of the separate incidents, allegedly done by security
operatives in both states.
He explained that security personnel of the presidential
aspirant just brought it to his notice that some security personnel barred
journalists in Makurdi from covering his visit to see stakeholders.
Atiku claimed he was not sure if the policeman was one of
those attached to the Deputy Governor of Benue State or one drafted from the
state Command for the visit
He said he had always been an advocate of press freedom and
has promoted the media industry in Nigeria in many ways, including setting up
media outfits, where thousands of journalists are gainfully employed.
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