Daar Communication boss Say Buhari lack the Power to Bar AIT

                      


The Owner of Daar communications PLC, Chief Raymond Dokpesi  in an interview with premium Times on Monday said the decision of Buhari, President - elect and former Military leader to bar AIT from covering his activities bring back the era of Decree No 4 of 1984.

He said Buhari lack the power to do so because it is breaking the law,he referred his action to the documentary aired by his company AIT about him and the national leader of APC, Bola Tinubu, he said the documentary were factual and was not in anyway a defamation of character of both men

“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.” 

Dokpesi said the AIT as a business entity reserve the right to run any thing worthy of been televised and take responsiblity for the broadcast

“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.”

“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 right”.although the documentaries were produced outside of Daar communications,