On March 19, an official from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ordered four security officers to prevent Ayo Adenaiye, an Arise TV news correspondent; James Akpa Oche, a campus reporter at Bayero University, Kano; Stephen Enoch, a reporter with Plus TV Africa, and at least three other journalists from various outlets from accessing a vote collation center in the city of Kano.
Ayo disclosed that INEC officials had a list that excluded many journalists from entering the collation center.
