Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has banned two journalists from entering the government house and covering state functions over alleged negative reports.<\/p>\n
The governor, who announced this on Wednesday during a statewide broadcast, said since the journalists believed they had the \u2018pen\u2019, that his government had the \u2018koboko\u2019.<\/p>\n
The two journalists are Chijoke Agwu of the Daily Sun and Peter Okutu of the Vanguard.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you think you have the pen, we have the koboko.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to say that I am very displeased with the president and leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and I am going to cease their allowances for two months, because they have failed to discipline their members.<\/p>\n
\u201cEbonyi State is no longer a dumping ground. Only the other day, Chijioke Agwu (Daily Sun Correspondent) wrote that Lassa Fever is killing Ebonyi people in droves and few days back, Mr Peter Okutu of Vanguard did his own.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkutu is fond of degrading Ebonyi State, and I don\u2019t know why my officials have allowed him to continue to do that, because he is not from Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to ban him for life with Chijioke Agwu. I don\u2019t want to see them anywhere in any Government facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not begging you to give us good report, because the only person that gives good or bad report is God. We are all accountable to him. If you think that Ebonyi State is a dumping ground, try it again.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you think you have the pen, we have the koboko. Let\u2019s leave the Court alone. Ebonyi people are very angry with the press and let me warn that I won\u2019t be able to control them or know when they unleash mayhem on you, if you continue to write to create panic in the State.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want you to write it that way, that I said, press in Ebonyi is trying to create another COVID that is more dangerous and that is to create panic in our people<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other one wrote that cholera has killed 20 people in Ohaukwu. If you try it again, I may not know when Ebonyians may react. This is important for the NUJ to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Africa Press-Nigeria: The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has banned two journalists from entering the government house and covering state functions over alleged negative reports. The governor, who announced this on Wednesday during a statewide broadcast, said since the journalists believed they had the \u2018pen\u2019, that his government had the \u2018koboko\u2019. The two journalists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":19167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[628,998],"class_list":["post-24222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ebonyi-state","tag-umahi"],"yoast_head":"\n