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Sorry, are you human? Did you just say people should be shot at? Do you ever pray to die by bullet? Pls, don't allow politics to block our sense of reasoning. Back to the matter on ground, PDP is bad, APC is worst. The election can still be rigged with all this protection, that is the kind of change we have now in Nigeria. I am patiently waiting for the result.

PRESS STATEMENT BY HAMEED OYEGBADE onOjoniyi

Mr Ojoniyi Olabode Wale is a liar

It has become necessary for me to react to those blatant lies of Mr Ojoniyi Olabode Wale, the randy lecturer of Osun State University who was recently sacked by the university as a result of his sex scandal.

I like to quickly debunk Ojiniyi’s insinuation that I said that the Osun State Correspondent of Punch newspaper Femi Makinde was under pressure to blackmail him, (Ojoniyi Olabode Wale). It is a lie.

When Ojoniyi’s crisis started, I could not really act as a journalist because of my stake in UNIOSUN and my position as the Chairman of Osun NUJ Correspondent Chapel. As at then, I could not toy with my Bachelor of Arts Degree programme in the university, which I just completed, and I would not want the relationship between my chapel and Uniosun to be shattered.    

Also, as the Administrator of Osun Media & Allies Forum (OMAF) and members of Uniosun Forum and Uniosun Community, where Ojoniyi is a member, I feel that I must tread softly concerning the matter, more so, since I’m aware of some of the conspiracy among the staff of Uniosun in its Ikire campus which consumed Ojoniyi. 

Meanwhile, the university management had not completed its investigation at that moment and it was presumed that Ojoniyi was still an innocent until he was proven guilty. Therefore, I decided not to write the story.

I must also say that I made effort to prevent the story from leaking to other journalists through me because I have moral justification to protect the image of Osun State University, my alma mater. And, I think this should be tolerable.

Mr Tunde Odesola of Punch, Mr Gbenga Olarinoye of Vanguard, Mr Michael Olanrewaju of Newswatch and Mr Yinka Kolawole of This Day newspapers would recall that the day we discussed the matter of Ojoniyi’s sex scandal at a pepper soup joint behind the Correspondents’ Chapel, I managed to plead with all these seniors colleagues that the matter should not be reported.

Similarly, Mr Femi Makinde of Punch would also recall that I tried to arrange a meeting between him and the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Jelili Alamu so as to be able to correct the wrong impressions on both sides.

The meeting could not take place because Prof Alamu travel out of the country at that time and when the VC returned, Mr Makinde said he would not be able to attend the meeting as planned and I aborted the mission immediately. But I systematically begged Mr Makinde to leave Ojoniyi’s story until the completion of the investigation.

When the matter came up on UNIOSUN FORUM, as members of the forum faulted Ojoniyi for disgracing the university, they also criticized the media generally. At that point, I needed to defend the journalists and I explained the way we do our job to them. At that point, I explained that my efforts mitigated the media bashing that would have been rained on UNIOSUN because of Ojoniyi’s misdemeanour.

At this juncture, I urge you to disregard the lies of Ojoniyi who is trying to indict everyone in his attempt to cover up his mess. His reckless claim against me was baseless and irrational. Such claims cannot be taken as a confession by Femi Makinde or Hameed Oyegbade. I never testified to this matter before any panel and I do not understand why Ojoniyi would cook up lies against me.

Pls, try to be objective in your information. This information is subjective. You ought to meet the person in question and ask his own side of the story. The acclaimed chairman isn't accepted by all that is why there is faction in Osun NUJ. Mr Makinde i believe can't be preasurized neither can he blackmail anyone coz he has an image to protect