Dear @seunokin,
I find it uncomfortable calling journalists out because I believe they do a job that can often pose significant challenges, especially in our setting.
However, the consistent act of allowing guests on your program to tell outright lies unchallenged is becoming quite worrying.
There is substantial evidence that Obi never sent northerners resident in Anambra back to the north when he was governor, nor insisted they be issued ID cards. Even children in Nigeria who are conversant with what is happening around them know that this only happened in Imo under Rochas Okorocha. If no one outside the South East knows this, you, as a journalist, should know.
Furthermore, Obi consistently called on the government to deal decisively with the criminality going on in the South East, since IPOB continued to deny responsibility. In essence, if they say they aren't responsible, the government should deal with the perpetrators decisively.
Therefore, the fact that Alhaji Ali Modi Sherif came on your program today and made false allegations against Obi, and you did not deem it right to counter him, is quite worrisome.
No one should appear on a popular TV program, tell lies against another person, and have those lies allowed to fly. It is the responsibility of the journalist to counter such lies, especially when they are as obvious as in this case.
Attached are videos of northerners resident in Anambra confirming how good Obi was to them when he was governor.
Thank you.
Seun: Peter Obi called for Tinubu to resign. Considering that Tinubu did the same to Jonathan, do you think it’s right?
Ali Modu Sheriff: Nigeria fought civil war, Ojukwu caused it. Obi refused to condemn Biafra and IPOB.
I can’t believe someone can be this daft and wicked.✍️
In all seriousness, football in America has come A LONG way.
Especially from the 90s and 2000s, they’ll keep getting better but end of the day, there’s levels to this sport.
Hand to God I am in a bar where, next to me, a woman in a 'resist fascism' shirt is cheering for Belgium because of "the United States' history of racism and oppression."
...do you...know about the Belgian Congo...or...
Nigerian politicians are shameless. This Ali Modi?
— ₦300 billion in Borno’s federal allocations.
—A $72 million Gulfstream jet.
—$200 million in security funds investigated, no charges.
—Was linked to BH.
Read his profile here: https://t.co/93kBEcQOpo
Not only does Zlatan believe there never should have been a red card, he believes the reversal should have been made SOONER. You expect me to believe twitter losers over Ibra?? 😂😂
This basically describes the air conditioner debate as well. Americans are like "just fix it" and Europeans see some sort of dignity in being miserable for no reason when a solution exists.
Host: Folarin Balogun, the star player, is a birthright citizen. His mother, who is Nigerian, was pregnant when the family was visiting New York. She wasn't allowed to board a plane back home and gave birth to Folarin in Brooklyn. His mother says she believes it was fate.