Chaos erupted at the entrance of the Delta State House of Assembly on Wednesday when security officials stopped some journalists from covering Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s address at the state House of Assembly.
Over 20 Journalists who arrived at the Delta State House of Assembly were fiercely denied entry into the Assembly complex even after tendering their various IDs of their media outfits.
The security officer who is in charge of the gate, ASP Saviour David, maintained that journalists will not be allowed based on the order given to him.
“The order is from the speaker and the authority. If you like call anybody, nobody will answer you”, he told the journalists.
While the ASP allowed some non-journalists and gave preference to three female journalists who are core government house correspondents, he insisted that the governor had placed some media outfits on a watch list for “bad reportage” of his two-year administration.
However, a top government official who came to the gate blamed the security agencies, especially the ASP for not allowing the journalists into the Assembly complex, let alone the chamber.
