President Mohammed Buhari led APC government intolerance for free speech reached a crescendo, Monday, when the presidency de-accredited Olalekan Adetayo, the correspondent of Punch Newspapers, assigned to the Presidential Villa.
Huhuonline.com gathered that Olalekan Adetayo was detained, Monday, on the orders of Chief Security Officer to the President and interrogated for several hours over a story about the President ill health, which the Presidency considered offensive.
Adetayo was subsequently escorted out of the Presidential Villa by security operatives after picking his belongings from the Press Gallery of the Council Chamber.
However, Femi Adesina,Special Adviser on Media & Publicity to the President,said, he was not consulted before Mr. Olalekan Adetayo, was expelled from his beat.
In a series of tweets, Adesina extricated his office and the Presidency from the issue.
He had tweeted, “We weren’t consulted in the media office by the CSO before he expelled The Punch reporter. President Buhari is committed to press freedom.
“An amicable solution would be found to The Punch reporter matter. President Buhari does not intend to muzzle the media in any way.”
