Oshuntokun admitted to making errors with figures,date and place. He even quoted Reuters.
Ok 68 people were killed in a borno village rather than 88 in Maiduguri- Oshuntokun
The major occurrence in August so far as reported by major news outlets like premium times
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/208689-troops-rescue-88-kill-3-insurgents-bama-borno.html

On the channels program he was reminded that there was no bomb blast in Borno state in the time frame referred but he still went ahead to say this today
Further to what I have said, the two incidents happened the same day-and they occur with such frequency that it is difficult to keep pace with the orgy of bloodletting all over the country almost on a daily basis

Oshuntokun was a former presidential aide and director-general of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. How was he able to manage these positions?

Former presidential aide and director-general of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Mr. Akin Osuntokun has rebuffed challenges to his patriotism by the presidency saying that such allusions meant leaving substantive issues to chase shadows. He spoke in response to a claim by presidential aide, Femi Adesina that claims by Osuntokun in a television programme about bomb explosion in Maiduguri on Sallah Day were false. The statement had gone further to charge Nigerians not to be taken in by the narratives of those it called naysayers in the mould of Osuntokun.

But responding last night, in a statement, Mr. Osuntokun said: “It is just another demonstration of the penchant of this government for leaving the substance to chase shadows. Ok 68 people were killed in a borno village rather than 88 in Maiduguri. At the frequency of the prevailing dispensation of daily bloodletting who wouldn’t get the specifics and details mixed up. “I’m not the red cross who has the institutional capacity to keep every detail of these crimes against humanity. Does it matter that 68 were killed in Maimalari rather than 88 in Maiduguri and we are talking of the same day*. Does this mix up make me the enemy of the people rather than Femi Adesina who threatened Nigerians to concede their land to terrorists at the pain of being murdered?

,“Does it make me more a liar than president Buhari who repeatedly claimed that the price of crude oil per barrel had been over 100 dollars since 1999? In public accountability Who should the country worry more about between me and those who hold the reins of government who are pointing attention at the speck in my eyes while ignoring the beam lodged permanently in their eyesight? “Further to what I have said, the two incidents happened the same day-and they occur with such frequency that it is difficult to keep pace with the orgy of bloodletting all over the country almost on a daily basis.

Take note that he made no mention of the one reported by Reuters on the same day-that 68 people died. If I’m the enemy of the people by highlighting the failure of the government, what then do you call a government under whose dispensation Nigeria has become an abattoir. “Whether it is 68 or 88 people that were killed should a serious and humane government be quibbling about figures? This is yet another confirmation of the cruel and blundering insensitivity of this government-ignoring leprosy while chasing after guinea worm-as the Yoruba would say. And remember this is a government that claimed it has defeated Boko Haram since two years ago.”

Chief Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity had in a statement in Abuja, said there was no bomb blast on Sallah Day contrary to the allegation by a member of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNN, that claimed the lives of about 88 people. Adesina in the statement said, “On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, Akin Oshuntokun, a chieftain of the stillborn Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), appeared on Politics Today programme of Channels Television, and made the false claim that a bomb blast had gone off earlier in the day, killing about 88 people in Maiduguri, Borno State.

“Oshuntokun, a newspaper columnist and public affairs commentator, has never hidden his antipathy towards the Muhammadu Buhari administration, but to go on national television and tell lies of the most heinous kind betrays a mind taken completely over by ill wishes against his own country. “Sallah Day had passed quietly and peacefully, without even a firecracker going off, let alone bomb blast. That was contrary to what used to happen before the advent of the Buhari administration, when such festivals were turned to orgy of killings in many parts of the country by insurgents. Apparently, enemies of peace and progress had expected a return to the infamous past, thus Oshuntokun appeared on television with his bag of lies.

“When those on the programme remonstrated with him that they were not aware of any bomb blast on that day, he stood his ground, all in a futile bid to puncture the successes recorded by government in the area of security. “Till the Sallah holidays ended, no bomb blast was recorded in any part of the country, to the shame and discomfiture of the naysayers.”

Continuing, the presidential spokesman said, “One wonders: if there were bomb blasts, and more than 80 people truly died, what would be the gain of anybody, except those who have become blinded by malediction and morbid wishes? Is carnage something now to glory about? Is the struggle for power now so ghoulish that some people have lost their humanity over it? “Oshuntokun and his ilk should realize that this is the only country we have, and we can’t swallow poison and expect it to kill the next person. What we sow is what we reap. “Happily, however, those for a peaceful, united and cohesive Nigeria are more than those against it. That is why those with baleful, hateful thoughts would never win. “The tripod goals of securing the country, fighting corruption, and reviving the economy are central to the Buhari administration. Government is making strides in the three areas, and the conquests continue.”

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/bombings-stop-chasing-shadows-osuntokun-replies-presidency/

The channels TV program in question


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GraRSVp-Irs

He’s a Pdp spokesperson

He will wants to be popular

Lubbish

Exactly, the Buhari govt has so much cheapened life that they now value life according to the location in which they were killed , according to Buhari govt 68 lives in malamari is not as important as 68 lives in Maidughri ..SMH

Life has no meaning wit this PEPS

Dude looking for cheap attention

FarahAideed:
Exactly, the Buhari govt has so much cheapened life that they now value life according to the location in which they were killed , according to Buhari govt 68 lives in malamari is not as important as 68 lives in Maidughri ..SMH

Dude, where did you get the 68 lives in Maimalari. Was there any killing in Maimalari? Or have you lost it like the shifty Oshuntokun?

Simply put we have a confused government in place

StillX10:
Simply put we have a confused government in place

Government is confused? Hope you understood the narrative above.

docadams:

Government is confused? Hope you understood the narrative above.

ok

This guy should be cooling off in a maximum security prison right now. He should be interrogated on how the failed bomb attack was orchestrated, the major targets in the failed attack and the kingpins that planned it. The info gotten from him could help prevent future attacks, especially during Xmas celebration.

These are the real enemies of the state and should not be allowed anywhere near sane citizens. He should be in lock and key before he perfects his plans to bomb 88 people dead.

This guy is supposed to be in Jail by now.

This is nothing but TREASON.

Our President is just too soft!

OBJ would have held his blokos tight by now!

MaziOmenuko:
This guy should be cooling off in a maximum security prison right now. He should be interrogated on how the failed bomb attack was orchestrated, the major targets in the failed attack and the kingpins that planned it. The info gotten from him could help prevent future attacks, especially during Xmas celebration.

These are the real enemies of the state and should not be allowed anywhere near sane citizens. He should be in lock and key before he perfects his plans to bomb 88 people dead.

GOD BLESS you for this sane post.
This is one of the sensible youth this nation is proud to have.

docadams:


Dude, where did you get the 68 lives in Maimalari. Was there any killing in Maimalari? Or have you lost it like the shifty Oshuntokun?

From your post

Shameful from the man. How can you go on international news channel to make false claim?

FarahAideed:


From your post

I posted the article for superior criticism so one could better be informed. All my attempts to validate Oshuntokum's narrative yielded no result. So if your assertion was based on what I posted, then you didn't read to understand it.

docadams:
Oshuntokun admitted to making errors with figures,date and place. He even quoted Reuters.
Ok 68 people were killed in a borno village rather than 88 in Maiduguri- Oshuntokun
The major occurrence in August so far as reported by major news outlets like premium times
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/208689-troops-rescue-88-kill-3-insurgents-bama-borno.html

On the channels program he was reminded that there was no bomb blast in Borno state in the time frame referred but he still went ahead to say this today
Further to what I have said, the two incidents happened the same day-and they occur with such frequency that it is difficult to keep pace with the orgy of bloodletting all over the country almost on a daily basis

Oshuntokun was a former presidential aide and director-general of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. How was he able to manage these positions?



Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/bombings-stop-chasing-shadows-osuntokun-replies-presidency/

Jesus Christ of Nazareth!!! So we have men like Oshuntokun and oshiomole and apc were still allowed the liberty to run their dirty mouth under the Nigerias political terrain. This man should deputies that Pdp spokesman. He really finished this useless gun-ment.

post=70554122:
This guy is supposed to be in Jail by now.

This is nothing but TREASON.

Our President is just too soft!

OBJ would have held his blokos tight by now!

The earlier PMB jettisoned this 'softness' the better it would be for our collective well-being. He can't just allow enemies of state a free reign on the basis of avoiding being tagged a dictator. Enough alredy

docadams:


The earlier PMB jettisoned this 'softness' the better it will be for our collective well-being. He can't just allow enemies of state a free reign on the basis of avoiding being tagged a dictator. Enough alredy

YOU can say that again bro.
He's getting too cool and gentle on some nonentities.

docadams:


Dude, where did you get the 68 lives in Maimalari. Was there any killing in Maimalari? Or have you lost it like the shifty Oshuntokun?

I think you need to read your story very well again.

Every Lives mattee

KadunaMafia:
I think you need to read your story very well again.

Every Lives mattee

Every life matters. Maybe I am missing something. So kindly copy and paste the part that supports the claim that a large number of people were killed during the Sallah period. Or post any link to that effect.

post=70554122:
This guy is supposed to be in Jail by now.

This is nothing but TREASON.

Our President is just too soft!

OBJ would have held his blokos tight by now!

apart from this forum, do you go to work

Godjone:
apart from this forum, do you go to work

Are you still criticizing Aisha Buhari for her outfit in Washington or you've gotten over it

post=70556896:

Are you still criticizing Aisha Buhari for her outfit in Washington or you've gotten over it

good bye am off to work. see ya later

Godjone:
good bye am off to work. see ya later

We were at work already when you were still snoring like an Okada, Mr Latecomer!

Fact is people were killed. The location don't matter

Femi Adesina would be like...common 68 were killed and you are making noise on national TV. For a moment I was even afraid it was up to 88!

Where is that my calculator sef

adaku327:
Shameful from the man. How can you go on international news channel to make false claim?

was 68 people killed in maimalari on that day or not?

He made a mistake and he didn't deny he made a mistake

aolawale025:
Fact is people were killed. The location don't matter

Where? And any credible source to support ur claim..

Yet the common man in Nigeria is today the poorest common man on earth

Yet the common man in Nigeria have lost over 20 thousand lives to needless herdsmen violence..

Yet the common man in Nigeria has lost of 13 million jobs under this govt.

Yet the common man in Nigeria has the worst access to healthcare in Africa under this govt

Yet the common man in Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy in Africa under this govt .

Yet the common man in Nigeria has more children ouyvof school in the world under this govt .

Yet the common man is Nigeria has the highest infant mortality in the world under this govt .

Yet the common man in Nigeria has the highest maternal mortality in the world today under this govt .

Yet the common man in Nigeria is has the most abused human rights in Africa today under this govt ..

Yet the common man in Nigeria is today the poorest common man in the whole world under this govt ..


Nigerians the choice is yours to make .. This govt or a better govt ? Vote right!!!!