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NUJ places ban on coverage of APC activities

The Nigeria Union of Journalists Bauchi State Council imposed a total ban on coverage of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party activities in the state.

The State Chairman of NUJ Umar Saidu who spoke with The Daily Vendor News said” APC youths attacked Journalists today Thursday July 16 wounding two Journalists in the process”

According to him the union had to take the Journalists to the hospital for treatment and he added that ” we place high priory in the safety of our members and we will not condone anything that would affect them in the discharge of their constitutional functions’

It would be recalled that for the quick intervention of Police officers led by the PPRO, Bauchi State Police Command, DSP Ahmed Wakili to save the Bauchi NUJ Press Center from being vandalized by these political thugs loyal to a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi state.

The thugs numbering over 50 stormed the Press Center at about 10.40 am and started throwing stones and other dangerous objects at Journalists who had gathered to be addressed by another faction of the APC.

The thugs took over the MA Abdullahi Hall venue of the briefing, disorganized the arrangements and chased everybody out of the Hall thereby stopping the briefing.

The Leader of the faction, barely read the opening paragraph of the briefing calling for the dissolution of the State working Committee led by Uba Ahmed Nana as well as other Executive members from the wards and LGA levels when the thugs hijacked the proceedings.

Some of the thugs were shouting on top of their voices that nobody can remove Uba Nana or any member of the State Executive of the APC.

Uba Ahmed Nana denied knowledge of anything like thugs beign sent to disrupt any Press Conference by anyone stressing that as the Chairman of the state APC he is not under any threat.

The Police later went away with all the parties to the Command headquarters for questioning.

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