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| Senator Obadara |
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatisation, Sen
Gbenga Obadara embarrassed journalists who covered the official visit of the Committee
to the Kano Electricity Distribution Company last Wednesday when they were
searched for a missing phone.
The phone, which belonged to the Committee Chairman, got
missing shortly after Sen Obadara addressed newsmen at the company’s
headquarters. The Senator raised an alarm that his phone was stolen at the
conference hall of the company, venue of the briefing.
This led to the closure of the main entrance of the conference
hall to enable security agents conduct a search on all the newsmen who attended
the occasion. However, the Senator was able to discover the phone shortly after
leaving the venue of the occasion. The announcement of the discovery was made
by a member of the entourage.
However, the company’s Head of Corporate Communication,
Alhaji Muktar Baffa, apologised to the newsmen.
Reacting to the incident, the Chairman of the Correspondents
Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Edwin Olofu, directed its
members to boycott activities of the company until an official apology was
tendered.
According to him, the action is an attempt to tarnish the
image of journalists working in the state.
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