Popular Cameroonian journalist (formerly based in Lagos), Simon Ateba, has revealed his struggle just to get a meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who arrived Washington DC in the United States, few days ago.
According
to the journalist who is now based in America, all the aides of the
former vice president he called about his plan to meet Atiku, ignored
him including his son.
He also claimed that he and others were
tried to be distracted by Atiku’s team after tracking him down to the
Voice of America studio.
The reporter said he told Atiku
Abubakar, that Nigerians need urgent answers and not talk. He urged him
to focus on electricity, Peace and security among other things if he
wins the presidential election next month.
Below is what he shared on Facebook;
I
called Atiku’s spokesman who was left in Nigeria because I wanted a sit
down interview to ask tough questions Nigerians have in mind, but he
ignored me. Atiku traveled to USA with his son Adamu and I called him,
he ignored me. I called Mohammed, Atiku’s son in Abuja, he ignored me.
Atiku’s media man in the USA began to deceive me, trying to send me to
another location while Atiku was headed somewhere else. I tracked down
Atiku’s driver, he lied to me.
While I waited for Atiku
outside Voice of America, as he was coming out, they sent a man to
distract us. But we stayed focused. In the end, we were the only ones
who really documented his first stay in USA in 12 years. Then, most of
them reached out, wanting to have pictures and videos. I said no. We
sell them and if they are taken illegally from my site, we will sue. We
thank God!
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