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Thursday, May 26, 2022

How Police Barred Journalists From Covering Kebbi PDP Governorship Primary

The Policemen and officers drafted to the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party's governorship primary election on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State barred journalists from covering the event when the delegates' votes were been counted by party officials.

The DCP who led the police team to the venue of the primary election at the Event Centre in Birnin Kebbi resisted the intervention of the DSS personnel as he bluntly ignored their plea to allow journalists from the various print and electronic media to cover the event. 

The trouble with the DCP started when journalists made to enter the venue where the delegates' votes were been counted as he ordered policemen stationed at the gate of the venue not to allow journalists from entering. "Stop them, do not allow any journalists into this place", he ordered.

Even as secretary of the state council of NUJ, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, and chairman of the state correspondents chapel, Alhaji El- Yakub Usman Dubai pleaded and explained to the DCP that journalists were at the venue to perform their duties, he stood his ground that no journalists would be allowed into the venue.

When informed of the development, the secretary of the PDP in the state, Malam Kabiru Kalgo came out of the venue to plead with the DCP but he still maintained his stance that journalists would not be allowed into the venue to cover the votes counting segment of the governorship primary election.

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