We won’t discriminate against any media – APC

he All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that all accredited media organisations in the country, including the African Independent Television (AIT), are free to cover the activities of the presidentelect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

The Africa Independent Television (AIT) media crew were on Monday barred from covering Buhari’s engagements at the presidential villa in what many believed was because of the ‘hate-campaign’ carried out against the president-elect during the electioneering period.

But in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC said that the incoming administration would not discriminate against any media organisation, irrespective of its role during the electioneering campaign.

The party however, enjoined all media organisations to observe the highest level of professional standards in

carrying out their duties.

‘’ There is a code of ethics guiding the practice of journalism in Nigeria, and this demands every journalist to ensure a strict adherence to the highest level of ethics and professionalism in carrying out their duties.

‘’There must be repercussions, within the realms of the law for media organisations which have wantonly breached the code of ethics of the journalism profession and turned themselves into partisans instead of professionals. But such repercussions will not include barring any accredited media organisation from covering the activities of the president-elect,’’ APC said.