Some journalists were denied entry to the launch of the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation in Lagos on Monday. They were banned from entering over a requirement to wear branded T-shirts provided by the event organisers.
The event, held at The Delborough Lagos, attracted guests including Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Shade Okoya, Layal Holm, Florence Ita-Giwa, Mo Abudu, Darey Art Alade and his wife Deola Art Alade, Yeni Kuti, Bose Ogulu and music executive Don Jazzy.
According to ThisDay journalist Yinka Olatunbosun, reporters invited to cover the launch were asked to undergo accreditation outside the venue and told they would only be admitted if they wore branded shirts distributed by the organisers.
She added that the arrangement became more difficult when the organisers ran out of the branded shirts and security officials at the venue insisted that anyone without the shirt would not be allowed inside.
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