Punch correspondent recalled to the Villa

Ebun Francis || Olalekan Adetayo, the Punch Newspaper state house correspondent earlier expelled from the Villa on Monday by the CSO to President Muhammadu Buhari has been recalled on the orders of the Director General of the Department of State Department.

It will be recalled that Adetayo was expelled from the Villa following Punch’s report on the health of the President last week.

Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the President made the disclosure on Monday night in a letter to statehouse correspondents.

According to him, “We just got a clearance from Malam Lawal Daura, the DG SSS to recall Lekan to the Villa.”

“Please come along with him tomorrow. The special adviser on media, Femi Adesina and I will resolve the issues.

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“Please advise the correspondents and the rest of your members to handle this with maturity. It will not help anyone to start daring the security. Lekan should be assured that he is safe. We will straighten out everything.”