Editor’s Note

In the story, ‘Return to APC, Ize-Iyamu begs Obaseki’, published in The PUNCH of Thursday, September 24 and Punchng.com, we reported that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, had appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki to return to the APC.

We have discovered that this story, based on a report filed by our Edo State correspondent, is untrue as it was based on an old video clip.

We therefore wish to apologise to Pastor Ize-Iyamu for the embarrassment this story might have caused him.

We are currently reappraising our editorial processes to ensure that this lapse does not recur.

Editor

https://punchng.com/i-didnt-beg-obaseki-to-return-to-apc-ize-iyamu/

It's well

Let him use that apology to clean his tears of defeat.

Nonsense. Punch is no longer a reputable media platform.

seunmsg:
Nonsense. Punch is no longer a reputable media platform.

Am telling you.... Hatred have overtaken them

kahal29:


Am telling you.... Hatred have overtaken them

odiks sef

The correspondent needs to be fired for his lackadaisical attitude towards his job.
Giving false reportage over a sensitive info like this.

There are qualified journalists who are serious who can take his or her place.

Useless incompetent fools

if we can't rely on news from the punch newspaper, which one will we now rely on?

hmm

Let him use that contrition to clean his sobs of Victory.

Poonch Toilet Paper

seunmsg:
Nonsense. Punch is no longer a reputable media platform.

You should have said "Punch is no longer an APC stooge".

Punch,TVC,nation's newspapers APC mouth piece

Charmingrascal:
The correspondent needs to be fired for his lackadaisical attitude towards his job.
Giving false reportage over a sensitive info like this.

There are qualified journalists who are serious who can take his or her place.

You think it was mistake or incompetence? He may have been paid handsomely for this. All segments of Nigeria have been so corrupted beyond redemption.

Indispensable85:



You think it was mistake or incompetence? He may have been paid handsomely for this. All segments of Nigeria have been so corrupted beyond redemption.

Gbam!!! PDP paid him to embarrass Ize .

I don't really know what is happening to the Punch news paper nowadays. It was the best news paper before but it is being killed by unnecessary fake news, This very paper reported a collapse of a church in Ilorin this week, whereas, there was no single truth in the report. They are deliberately killing this paper

It's hard to believe this was a genuine mistake.

Good thing they've apologized before the man slams them hefty charges to cover part of his electoral loss.

Nobody is above mistake

Why cant you replace him?

Charmingrascal:
The correspondent needs to be fired for his lackadaisical attitude towards his job.
Giving false reportage over a sensitive info like this.

There are qualified journalists who are serious who can take his or her place.

Indispensable85:



You think it was mistake or incompetence? He may have been paid handsomely for this. All segments of Nigeria have been so corrupted beyond redemption.

Chai

ERockson:
I don't really know what is happening to the Punch news paper nowadays. It was the best news paper before but it is being killed by unnecessary fake news, This very paper reported a collapse of a church in Ilorin this week, whereas, there was no single truth in the report. They are deliberately killing this paper

It's terrible

Charmingrascal:
The correspondent needs to be fired for his lackadaisical attitude towards his job.
Giving false reportage over a sensitive info like this.

There are qualified journalists who are serious who can take his or her place.

Gbam