The Chief
Security Officer to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Abubakar, on Monday
expelled PUNCH’s State House Correspondent, Olalekan Adetayo, from the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to punch report , Abubakar had
earlier summoned Adetayo to his office and questioned him on two reports he
considered uncomplimentary of Buhari and his administration.
He referred
to the lead story of SUNDAY PUNCH of April 23, 2017, titled “Fresh anxiety in Aso
Rock over Buhari’s poor health” and queried the motive behind it.
He also
referred to their corespondent’s column, Aso Rock Lens, published on Saturday,
April 22, 2017, and titled “Seat
of power’s event centres going into extinction.”
Abubakar
asked one of his men to go and take our correspondent’s statement and revert to
him.
He
thereafter directed the Officer in Charge, Department of State Services, Victor
Nwafor, to withdraw our correspondent’s accreditation tag and lead him out of
the premises after retrieving his personal belongings from the Press Gallery of
the Council Chambers.
Nwafor left
an instruction at the Admin Reception that Adetayo should no longer be allowed
into the premises after which he handed him over to another security operative
who led our correspondent to where his car was parked to ensure he left the premises
as instructed.
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