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Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by peckhamboi: 3:48pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
A statement from the Management Mrs Florence Ajimobi, wife of the Oyo state Governor, returned to Nigeria Wednesday morning from the United Kingdom. She literally walked into a maelstrom, triggered by reports online that she was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police. Understandably, she devoted her press conference at the Murtala Muhammed Airport to debunk the reports. Just like Mrs. Ajimobi, pmnewsnigeria.com has had to cope with a turbulence of its own as reactions poured forth over its online report that appeared to give a seal of authenticity to earlier reports by some bloggers that Mrs. Ajimobi was arrested by the Metro Police in the UK. Reports about the purported arrest had gone viral since the weekend. On Tuesday, pmnewsnigeria.com, sought to tear through the web and ascertain the truth by first of all visiting the site of the organization and checking its data base for any mention of “Mrs Ajimobi”. Its search drew blank. It also similarly searched for her name on the website of Her Majesty’s Customs Service. Again, the search turned up nothing. These efforts were reflected in the story. Still trying to dig the truth, pmnewsnigeria.com sent an e-mail to the London Metropolitan Police, asking the organisation to confirm or deny whether the woman was ever arrested. It was a familiar path in investigative journalism that the company behind pmnewsnigeria.com had trodden so many times before, one of which was over the certificate forgery and age claims of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. After about one hour, pmnewsnigeria.com got a response from the Metropolitan Police, that said at the bottom of its query: “Confirmation: Yes”. In another part of the response, MET said: “Thank you for your email. I am sorry, we are unable to disclose any information to you under the Data Protection Act.” It was signed by “The Email Office, Lambeth CCC, Metropolitan Police.” Pmnewsnigeria.com wrote its report about the ‘confirmation of the arrest’ based on this response. At the point of writing the report, the pmnewsnigeria.com team, interpreted the MET’s “Confirmation : Yes”, as a confirmation of the question they had asked, viz: “We are trying to confirm whether the story(about Mrs. Ajimobi) is true and whether the MET is planning to press a charge”. Was this where the team went wrong? Events thereafter appeared to suggest that the e-mail response was a mere auto-response, its standard, robotized and programmed answer to all enquiries. The team was misled by it and had acted on it innocently. Since then, the Oyo state government, acting on behalf of Mrs Ajimobi has vehemently denied the report and also threatened to sue the website. Since then, the attorney-general of Oyo state has made another contact with the same London Metropolitan Police and got one-liner response from a Mr. Rob Singh of the Press Bureau of Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard: “Re your press query. I am afraid we have no knowledge.” On our part, we have carried out further checks. And we have found nothing to justify the pmnewsnigeria.com story. Several reporters within the organization have also mailed the Metro Police, separately, asking the same question that pmnewsnigeria.com had asked in an earlier e-mail. They all got the same response, with a note at the bottom of the mail saying: “Confirmation: Yes”. This further confirmed pmnewsnigeria.com belief that it has been a victim of a computer game. In line, with journalistic best practices, management wants to formally disassociate pmnewsnigeria.com with the content of this story and apologise to Mrs Ajimobi and all our readers for this reportorial error. One salient point that we want to make, as management, is that pmnewsnigeria.com did not deliberately go out of its way to seek to malign Mrs Ajimobi or bring her into public opprobrium. Its story was not also the product of any political machination. The quest for the truth in the public interest is this website’s duty. It is what the site pursued in the case of Mrs. Ajimobi. Management http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/11/01/pmnewsnigeria-com-mrs-ajimobi-and-london-metropolitan-police/ |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by peckhamboi: 4:05pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
you go explain your apology in court. 14 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Nobody: 4:18pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Buncha of r.etards!!...why not go through the whole process of verification before rushing to press. 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Kagawa: 4:47pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
ilugunboy: Buncha of r.etards!!...why not go through the whole process of verification before rushing to press. |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by airmark(m): 4:47pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
PM News in trouble. 2 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Degis(m): 4:51pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Shame to bad people, shame to Internet warriors, whose itching fingers type faster than their brains. Shame to PMnewsnigeria.com for rushing to spread lies. Praise God for the vindication of his daughter. 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by topsyking: 4:51pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
The PM newspaper shld be sued and close down finally..they just spread falsehood 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by TRACK: 4:57pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
That was a very poor way of practicing journalism. If that wicked and unverified news had a poor man as its subject no correction would have been made. Shame unto ! 2 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Nuezha(m): 4:59pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
If you're armed with a gun and you are confronted by an armed robber and a Nigerian PRESS, 'kill' the NP and leave the armed robber. It a proverb please! |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by GARRIx7(m): 4:59pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
At last we know she's innocent... Can we now shake hands, hug and move on..... But then, I think someone has to be taught a lesson.... 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by touchmehard: 4:59pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
peckhamboi: you go explain your apology in court.Don't mind them. Instead of them to look for news that would encourage Nigerians in this trying times, these media people are only looking for defamatory news 3 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Nobody: 4:59pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Coming from the Horses mouth. Then why were people rushing forward to crucify her? You see why it is not good to rush to Judgement in anything whatsoever. Shame on PM News. But dont worry, the State Government will soon withdraw its lawsuit. |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by 234GT(m): 5:00pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Chai! I don yab the woman die o, unto say I no like ACN. 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Nobody: 5:00pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
What do you expect from Poor Man Newspaper? 3 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by ARareGem(f): 5:00pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Ok. |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Damitism: 5:03pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
See ya in court 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by oyestephen(m): 5:06pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Should I also believe this ? |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by IYANGBALI: 5:07pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
We no gree o,we no go gree PM NEWS must go to court. Mummy mi e am gba fun won,let them cough out some money so that they would learn. 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by dridowu: 5:12pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
12 lashes of cane each to all the editorial member of PM NEWS 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by MMM2(m): 5:14pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
But dere is an atom of truth in every rumor |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by controlseven: 5:15pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Sh*t happens! Guess a similar scenario was replicated some weeks ago. In Transparency International Vs GEJ led FG katakata. PM news wrote trash against the FG then, now karma visits. Lets see who bleeds more.....hahaha 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by politician(m): 5:20pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
M M M: But dere is an atom of truth in every rumor Nigerians!! Kai!!! After the newspaper tender an apology and dissociate itself from the news!!! Atom ko! Neutron ni!! The hatred for some political group has blinded any form of objectivity!!! When you have made up your mind to hang a dog, any rope would do!!! Awon onisokuso!! 8 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by chucky234(m): 5:20pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
PM news has biting more than they can chew,Madam should sue their flat a:sses to court. 2 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by takedat(m): 5:21pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
If she was truly arrested, EFCC and Nigeria High Commission in the UK would have confirmed it. This is a case of investigative journalism gone sour 2 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by SamAfrik(m): 5:27pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Journalism stil in the stone age. These guys shd upgrade, print media especially. |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by SamAfrik(m): 5:29pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
M M M: But dere is an atom of truth in every rumor^^^ See talk SMH. |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Wizeboy(m): 5:29pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Hmmmmmm.... Why are we so poor in researching to get an authentic information/report on a subject matter before broadcasting it, in this part of the world. I am not surprise by the unprofessional attitude of PM News, if the whole Presidency who should have accurate and first hand information can non-challantly lifted a false information about the Corruption Index in Nigeria without verification before reading it to Nigerian and International world on October 1st, what more should we expect. In a sane country, the paper will automatically lost its credibility, I am sure before tomorrow, many Nigerians will still believe blindly in the information that will be pass out by the same media company. May God save us in this part of the world. |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by Nobody: 5:36pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
IYA NGBALI: We no gree o,we no go gree PM NEWS must go to court. Mummy mi e am gba fun won,let them cough out some money so that they would learn. Gbam x 100000 Let others learn from it. Enough of quack journalism in Nigeria. It is time to get professional. 1 Like |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by RedLight1: 5:40pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
M M M: But dere is an atom of truth in every rumorif sum1 pay me to spread rumours on nairaland that u are gay and armed robber.. Does that mean there is atom abi na neutron of truth in it? 9 Likes |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by hardbody: 5:42pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
I am not opinionated on this. I jump am pass |
Re: Pm News Apologises To Mrs Ajimobi by ghettodreamz(m): 5:43pm On Nov 01, 2012 |
Red-Light: |
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