Policemen at the Bristol Palace Hotel in Kano venue of the Second Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday prevented some journalists from covering the event.
Some of the journalists including Daily Trust, Punch and other reporters who went to the hotel to cover the event were turned back by one of the policemen manning the main entrance of the hotel.
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The fierce looking policeman who refused to allow the reporters into the premises despite presenting their identity cards, insisted that they must call the officials who invited them.
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After waiting for about 30 minutes without seeing the official who sent the invitation and all efforts to convince the policeman fell on deef ears, the journalists left the hotel vowing never to cover the event.
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The Second Extraordinary Session, according to the ECOWAS Parliament, will be held at the Bristol Hotel in Kano, between the 20th and 25th May 2024.
The event, according to Special Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, will attract parliamentarians from Nigeria, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D’ Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Republic of Togo.
