ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The State House correspondent of the German Radio Deutsche Welle Ubale Musa’s accreditation tag has been withdrawn.
The Chief Security Officer to Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Gordon Obua, heads the Villa security.
Ubale’s accreditation was withdrawn shortly after the visit of the President of Chad, Idris Deby to the President Jonathan at the State House, Aso Rock, Abuja, on Monday.
Ubale had asked the visiting head of State the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram leader, since Deby had earlier claimed he knew Shekau’s whereabouts as well as the relationship between the multinational task force fighting in Lake Chad and the South African mercenaries fighting with them in Sambisa Forest.
Deby had responded that he was not aware of the presence of mercenaries in Sambisa Forest fighting alongside multi-national troops.
Ubale was first called aside and questioned after which he was escorted into a waiting van and driven out of the Villa.
He was later allowed to come back escorted by a security officer to pick his belongings in the press gallery and his car and driven out of the Villa.
With the withdrawal of his accreditation tag, Musa can no longer report the activities of Nigeria’s President for Radio Duetsche Welle from the Presidential Villa.