A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member identified as Oraeki Chijioke, serving in Ogun State has expressed distress over the wrong use of his picture as that of Precious Owolabi who was killed during a Shiite protest in Abuja, Fox Meek reports.

Mr Owolabi, serving with Channels Television, died from gunshot wound sustained from a stray bullet when members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) clashed with policemen in Abuja last week.

He has since been buried.

Some media organisations have however been using the picture of Oraeki Chijioke, serving in Agbara, Ogun State as that of the deceased.

Left: Oraeki Chijioke....... Right: Precious Owolabi

Chijioke, in a statement made available to Fox Meek commiserated with the family of the late corps member but said the wrong use of his image should be put to stop.

Because of the wrong use of his picture, the young man said: “I have had to deal with streams of calls coming in from the early hours of Tuesday, 22nd July (sic), 2019 to this moment.”

Referring to a particular publication, Chijioke said, “I will appreciate an apology and retraction in requisite measure that the picture was used as soon as possible.”

He added that the picture wrongly used was cropped from one in which he appeared with two other NYSC members.

“I will appreciate if editors of concerned media houses could review the posts and publications by editing out my picture and better still bring it down when such update is made soonest.

“Please I am not the demised!

‘I am alive!

“Thanks for prompt response,” the statement concluded.

Source; https://foxmeek.com/news/my-picture-wrongly-published-as-precious-owolabi-nysc-member-cries-out

Symptoms of very poor journalism

na wa oooo ��.... what an error! as mad as Kemi is, she can't make such an error that vanguard and other media houses make..... they now depend on bloggers for info.....

Jessyjack:
na wa oooo ��.... what an error! as mad as Kemi is, she can't make such an error that vanguard and other media houses make..... they now depend on bloggers for info.....

why will you drag kemi's madness into this?

Its a shame that channels don't know who the employed or work or serving with them, Nigeria journalist are copy & past journalist.
Investigative journalism is a taboo for them.

Kami stupidity cannot do this

Yet some still believe them like scripture revealed from heaven.





Smh

He also wants an apology.
Apology for what biko?

Why are Nigerians always extortive of situations?
The next thing, he'd threaten to sue for damages.

He should be grateful that the media houses have made him famous and posterity will never forget that he ever served.

Poor boy doesn't want to die before his time

Tribalists where unu dey?

Work of yeye blogger

This disclaimer should have emerged from channels. Poor Journalism

Two of you resemble Wella, if you near Abuja they will shoot you join

You are a fool for bringing Aunty Kemi into this, see the person that is sane. trying to be funny or what.

Sorry guy, it surely hurts getting calls to ask if you are dead when you are alive. Abi dead man dey answer call? 9ja na wa!

What an Opportunity.
You could yave sued them

Jouirnalist be like

Corper na corper

Put the picture sell the new

A blight on journalism in Nigeria

It is high time they started arresting and sueing all these nuisance bloggers looking for traffic and quick money.
The other time a Doctor in Lagos jumped over the 3rd mainland bridge, LIB uploaded the pictures of a Nurse in Port Harcourt (even with different surnames) all in the name of ace blogger and traffic.
What happens to their aged or hypertensive parents? A pregnant wife? A sick relative? Their business partners? It is non of their business.
If you find out very well, it was uploaded by LIB claiming ace blogger.

Ritaokafor:
Sorry guy, it surely hurts getting calls to ask if you are dead when you are alive. Abi dead man dey answer call? 9ja na wa!

Another person can answer the call, so they need to confirm his voice.

Lugasmobile:
Nah wa o, Naija my country.


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I was surprised when I saw it. That picture doesnt look like a Yoruba's. It cannot be for an Owolabi.

Hmmm

Naija Journalists

Kai Nija bloggers..I tire 4 una oo

Not funny tho.