Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,150,496 members, 7,808,835 topics. Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 05:42 PM

Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist - Sports - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Entertainment / Sports / Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist (1485 Views)

Sports Journalist Felix Okugbe Is Dead - Naij.com / See The Moment A BBC Journalist Begged Enyeama Before He Left The Camp..photo / Godwin Spiff Sagbama Is Dead - Veteran Sports Journalist (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by Nobody: 6:45am On Oct 17, 2014
The former Eagles media officer has written all that transpired between him and the Chelsea midfielder on his website after he dared to tweet that the team doesn’t deserve to be in Morocco for next year’s AFCON due to its woeful performance.

“Our allegiance as reporters is to the truth. Clear. Unvarnished. Ungarnished. Especially on a bad day. Like last Saturday in Khartoum. The Super Eagles performed poorly, and deservedly lost. So when I tweeted that they did not deserve to be in Morocco, it was the truth. A mere 1 point from 9 tells the story more eloquently than I ever could.

So I was a bit taken aback when Mikel Obi stopped me as I boarded the plane and made to take my seat to slate me for saying that. And for tweeting that the result was a disgrace” Udoh wrote.

Before going on to add that other players watched as the two exchanged hot words on the plane “Emmanuel Emenike and Austin Ejide were sitting close by, as was Vincent Enyeama, Nosa Igiebor and Ogenyi Onazi. I felt affronted. And I let rip, reminding him how much stick I take for defending the team, including but not limited to ignorant folk even suggesting I receive gratification” he said.

“ After our argument somewhat ended, Mikel would not go down easily and called Ben Alaiya, the team's Media Officer over, directing him to put out a statement blaming the condition of the pitch.

I warned him that excuses would not go down well with the public and he would be better served saying nothing than blaming the pitch.” The article concluded.

This revelation will no doubt cast Mikel as a hater of objective criticism and someone who sees the media officer a tool in the hands of influential members of the team ready to do their bidding instead of upholding the truth according to the ethics and principles of journalism.
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by bigtt76(f): 6:52am On Oct 17, 2014
See gbege grin
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by ddddon(m): 6:55am On Oct 17, 2014
pishure or I don't believe it
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by Kog45(m): 7:09am On Oct 17, 2014
sanky346:
The former Eagles media officer has written all that transpired between him and the Chelsea midfielder on his website after he dared to tweet that the team doesn’t deserve to be in Morocco for next year’s AFCON due to its woeful performance.

“Our allegiance as reporters is to the truth. Clear. Unvarnished. Ungarnished. Especially on a bad day. Like last Saturday in Khartoum. The Super Eagles performed poorly, and deservedly lost. So when I tweeted that they did not deserve to be in Morocco, it was the truth. A mere 1 point from 9 tells the story more eloquently than I ever could.

So I was a bit taken aback when Mikel Obi stopped me as I boarded the plane and made to take my seat to slate me for saying that. And for tweeting that the result was a disgrace” Udoh wrote.

Before going on to add that other players watched as the two exchanged hot words on the plane “Emmanuel Emenike and Austin Ejide were sitting close by, as was Vincent Enyeama, Nosa Igiebor and Ogenyi Onazi. I felt affronted. And I let rip, reminding him how much stick I take for defending the team, including but not limited to ignorant folk even suggesting I receive gratification” he said.

“ After our argument somewhat ended, Mikel would not go down easily and called Ben Alaiya, the team's Media Officer over, directing him to put out a statement blaming the condition of the pitch.

I warned him that excuses would not go down well with the public and he would be better served saying nothing than blaming the pitch.” The article concluded.

This revelation will no doubt cast Mikel as a hater of objective criticism and someone who sees the media officer a tool in the hands of influential members of the team ready to do their bidding instead of upholding the truth according to the ethics and principles of journalism.
Udoh should keep quite for God sake.
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by semitunde: 7:27am On Oct 17, 2014
Why should he keep quiet? He's saying/exposing what many had suspected before now.

2 Likes

Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by tuffgongjo(m): 7:52am On Oct 17, 2014
Kog45:
Udoh should keep quite for God sake.
And why should keep quiet?
I guess you are one of those who enjoy sweeping things under the "carpet".

1 Like

Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by Nobody: 8:29am On Oct 17, 2014
Like father,like son...like keshi,like mikel..birds of a feather flock together..i can vividly see that the accusation against mikel that he objected the introduction of ramoon azeez in the game against france is true..
Ahmadu shuiabu cant manage this big egoistic boiz...i forsee a mafia group emerging in the team and mikel the arrow head cappon...
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by starlingbawa(m): 9:28am On Oct 17, 2014
Kog45:
Udoh should keep quite for God sake.

I clearly don't understand what you mean by saying Collin Udoh should keep quiet for exposing the truth?

Is this what you meant? Because I'm somewhat confused

1 Like

Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by Goke7: 10:08am On Oct 17, 2014
the Nigerian media should leave mikel alone after all they say he's bad player so why can't they ignore him or start a campaign to kick mikel out as they have succeeded in kicking out keshi.

Nigerian media causing headaches for our football since 1960

1 Like

Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by cr7lomo: 10:17am On Oct 17, 2014
Mikel is part of SE problems , I tink he Sudnt be invited for now . He is as proud as his former boss and that's y they work hand in hand . We need a celebrated foreign coach so that all these rubbish will stop and they can respect themselves . Look at Mumu Wey no get mouth for chelsea go come here they form boss on top Wetin na
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by heatmeup(f): 11:56am On Oct 17, 2014
excatly we need a celebrated foreign coach
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by WoodcrestMayor(m): 12:05pm On Oct 17, 2014
So mikel nau na oga patapata...even telling d media officer per wat to write.

Nigeria is a country riddled wit mediocrity.Little wonder politicians who av nothing to offer govern us.How can a gov talk abt appointing SA stomach infrastructure? .Omisore had nothing say than shouting "Atari Ajanku kii seru omode" (a child dares not attempt lifting an elephant's head).Remember Korobucci/Korolettes-clear display of "thuggery mentality"...smh

Itz only in Nigeria(a country of close to 200million pple) that Mikel will stand over a freekick/penalty.Do u see him near any dead ball in Chelsea?

Until Nigerians start insisting on the best in all departments,dis culture of mediocrity will remain in d nation's fabric.

2 Likes

Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by Kog45(m): 1:24pm On Oct 17, 2014
starlingbawa:


I clearly don't understand what you mean by saying Collin Udoh should keep quiet for exposing the truth?

Is this what you meant? Because I'm somewhat confused
bcs they are part of football problem we are having today.
Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by Nobody: 7:41am On Oct 18, 2014
tuffgongjo:
And why should keep quiet?
I guess you are one of those who enjoy sweeping things under the "carpet".

Re: Mikel Obi's Messy War With Journalist by adegwurulez(m): 10:07am On Oct 18, 2014
I don't understand why people say ignorance is bliss. I mean, it makes you look like a clown.

Being an ardent follower of colin udoh, i laughed when i went through comments here. so udoh is now a hater cos of what? speaking his mind?
Nerves where frayed after the sudan match and words were exchanged but everything that happened on the plane, stayed on that plane. As soon as the plane touched down, they were good so i don't get where all this propaganda is coming from.

And this aint news, it happened a week ago.

(1) (Reply)

Step By Step Boxing Training / Top 10 Most Handsome Soccer Players 2015 / Download Video: Cristiano Ronaldo Challenges Son In Free-kick Face Off

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 29
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.