Multiple eyewitness reports have dismissed claims that by some news medium that the photojournalist of Vanguard Newspaper, Yomi Adeshida, was beaten by security aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

A guest who asked not be named at the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit which held at The Statehouse Conference Center on Thursday said she was surprised by reports that the journalist was beaten.

The guest said it was far from the truth, demanding that journalists hold their profession with high esteem. “Honestly, I was surprised to read this story, it is very false. If he was beaten black and blue as he claimed in the report where are the pictures, during or even after the beating? This is ridiculous,” she said.

“If someone is beaten, he should have pictorial evidence to show that he was beaten. We should be able to see his face and tell that he was beaten but that didn’t happen.”

Another guest at the event said although there was some misunderstanding between the journalist and a security aide, no one was beaten. “There was a misunderstanding of some sort but no one was beaten. It was nothing more than a scuffle. Immediately, they settled it and everyone went about their business,” he said.

A security aide who intervened in the dispute said no one was beaten. “What happened was that he was trying to breach protocol, getting very close to the dignitaries.

“At that point, he was told to please step back a little but he kept coming close. One of aides now had to push him back so he does not collide with the dignitaries at the event.

He added that immediately the security aide pushed him back, others intervened. “I personally intervened and apologized on behalf of my colleague. To say he was beaten is a lie. He wasn’t at all.

Attempts to reach the spokesperson to the Vice President as at the time of this report proved abortive as his line was not connecting.

Naija is where people are so quick to believe sensational fake news without ever getting the facts of the matter. I can imagine how many heated arguments that would have ensued all over the place based on the previous stories. Now we get to hear the truth. Nobody was beaten up.

We knew he was lieing, it wasn't possible for a journalist to be beaten at an event and no one intervened according to his account, he had to be doing something wrong and was corrected. And he said his camera was broken. All attempts to drag the VPs name in the mud will not work.

I said it earlier that the news is fake and not genuine.

For lying and damaging the newspaper's credibility, this report should be fired, but they won't because credibility is not their forte, they swim in lies, fake news and slime.

Photographer Adeshida wanted to bask in his 15 minutes of fame. Baba is now a notorious lying vagabond working for Vanguard. if police beat, stomp and drag you like you claim, omo the signs go dey there make all amn see am.
Glad this has been cleared out.

This doesn't hold water!!! Please let's be guided the media keeps failing us

Karma, i remember during GEJ time, APC will plant a journalist to embarrass mr president during public media interaction and boom they will use it to campaign against the Gentle man.

It is obviously a lie. How do you get beaten in an event amongst journalists that are looking for headline to write tomorrow morning and none took a pic or made video of you been beaten. Do you know this would be a big news and no journalist will see this and won’t take a picture. Yet no one can produce one pic or video. Besides, there were other people at the events and still no evidence of it happening. Then people are even coming up to say they were there and nothing like that happened. Welcome to Nigeria the home of fake news where even Journalists and media houses are too lazy to investigate matter, they just want to receive brown envelops and publish lies.

How come you all are reacting to a 'source-less' story with anonymous eyewitnesses??

Some of the photo journalists get carried away when carrying out their duties. They must respect protocol all the time.