The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kogi council has cautioned politicians in the state against castigating media professionals for their roles in the just concluded governorship primary of the All
Speaking at a press briefing in Lokoja, Kogi capital, on Sunday, Adeiza Momoh Jimoh, chairman of the council, said politicians have been making claims that the governorship primary was not conducted despite the media coverage of the exercise.
“Our attention has been drawn to some reports in the media by politicians since the conduct of APC governorship primaries in Kogi, trying to condemn the exercise and in a way, impugning the integrity of journalists and our various media houses,” he said.”They claimed no election held anywhere, that results were cooked and the announcement made.
”Audio, videos, and pictorials evidence of the exercise were gotten from the field by journalists while monitoring the process and reports were sent to various media houses, based on their observations on the field.“Our members were fair enough to report places where voting started early and some other places where there were delays in the arrival of electoral materials.
”For any aggrieved politician to now assert that all these sacrifices by journalists amounted to colluding to declare concocted results, is not just far from the truth but showing disrespect for journalists and their media organisations.
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