The presidency through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has reacted to Punch’s decision to change President Muhammadu Buhari’s Title.
Punch In a notice titled “Buhari’s lawlessness: Our Stand”, stated that it will “henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s ‘Major General’ and refer to his administration as a regime until they purge themselves of their insufferable contempt for the rule of law.
In the notice, Punch made the decision while making reference to DSS non-compliance to court orders on trial of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters; invasion of courtroom and trial of Shiites’ leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky amongst others.
its decision shows its protest against autocracy and military-style repression under Buhari’s administration.
However, in reaction to Punch’s decision, Femi Adesina, a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity twitted:
“If you decide to call him Major General, he wasn’t dashed the rank, he earned it. So, you are not completely out of order.
“The fact that you can do so is even another testimony to press freedom in Nigeria.”
