AIT boss fires at Buhari - 'The documentaries we ran about you were factually correct'

The proprietor of Daar Communications PLC, Raymond
Dokpesi, has stated that Monday’s decision by the
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to bar one of its
subsidiaries, Africa Independent Television, from covering
his activities was an attempt by the former military Head of
State to bring back the era of Decree 4, according to an
interview he granted Premium Times.
Mr. Dokpesi said Mr. Buhari lacks the power to stop the AIT
from covering his activities, as doing so would amount to
breaking the law.
“I am sure that the President-elect needs to be reminded of
Decree 4, and he should be clearly reminded that section 32
of the constitution makes it mandatory for the media to hold
public officials accountable to the people,” he said.
He also said Section 39 of the constitution equally grants
Nigerians the freedom of expression and to hold opinion.
“The president-elect said that he does not want to be
covered by AIT, but AIT has a responsibility to the Nigerian
public to report the things that are happening,” he said.
“There are three national networks available for national
coverage in Nigeria, the NTA, AIT and Silverbirds. You
cannot stop a foremost private station from reporting in
Nigeria, it brings us back to Decree 4 era.”
Mr. Dokpesi also acknowledged that Mr. Buhari may have
taken his decision based on the documentaries ran by the
station during the electioneering campaign.
He said Daar Communications is a commercial entity and
therefore reserves the right to run anything it considers
worthy of being televised. He said there is also a right of
response available to anyone who feels strongly about any
matter broadcast by the station.
“If they had produced their own documentary to say this is
what we want and AIT did not publish it, then that is
another matter,” he said.
“What is obviously very clear is the fact that AIT believes
that the historical information about the President elect that
were ran, were factually correct. Nothing was done to
defame him or impinge on his character or integrity.”
Mr. Dokpesi also added that another documentary about
one of the national leaders of APC, Bola Tinubu were also
factually correct.
The media proprietor said although the documentaries were
produced outside of Daar communications, “We take
responsibility for the running of these items and I as an
individual is satisfied because due diligence was followed in
ensuring that the things that are contained were factually
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