₦airaland Forum

zombieTRACKER:
Cc salamrushdie cyynthiakiss Amarabae lzaa paperwhite

sarrki:
Pmb is better to keep quiet than saying this

saaron:
Every right thinking Nigerian must demand the immediate impeachment of buhari's terrorist govt for THREATENING Nigerians to give their lands to Miyetti Allah terrorist or DIE!
There's absolutely no doubt that Buhari's bloody govt are the sponsors of middle belt genocide!!!

"PREMIUM TIMES in their apology to Miyetti Allah last week which went viral, I did commented that they were unnecessarily in a hurry to conclude their investigation on the denial of Danladi Ciroma who granted me interview. I still insist that that so-called investigation by is so shallow and strange.

Again, the fact that Danladi Ciroma denied his comments and PREMIUM TIMES hurriedly apologized to Miyetti Allah does not mean Miyetti Allah is right and the media is wrong. Up till now, I still remain positive and confident that Danladi Ciroma is lying, the fact that I have no record of the interview does not also make Ciroma right in his claim.

Above all, I still insist I’m not wrong in this matter, I have no apology for Miyetti Allah or Danladi Ciroma."

"If You Stand For The Truth,You Alway Stand Alone"-Lucky Dube.

Yusufu Idegu, a correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, has dismissed reports that he circulated a false story about Danladi Ciroma, north-central chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN).

Idegu’s report on Ciroma describing the killings in Plateau as retaliation for 300 rustled cows and loss of some herders’ lives had generated controversy.

Although Ciroma admitted that he spoke with the reporter, he alleged that he was quoted out of context.

“We talked on phone. Sincerely speaking, what that boy wrote was not what I told him. We did not speak on reprisal attacks,” Leadership quoted Ciroma as saying.

The Nigerian media was subjected to severe criticism, with the presidency accusing it of fuelling tension.

But in a statement on Tuesday, Idegu maintained that Ciroma made the utterances widely circulated in the media.

Below is the statement:

PREMIUM TIMES in their apology to Miyetti Allah last week which went viral, I did commented that they were unnecessarily in a hurry to conclude their investigation on the denial of Danladi Ciroma who granted me interview. I still insist that that so-called investigation by is so shallow and strange.

If you read that apology again, it was alleged that I YUSUFU AMINU IDEGU circulated my story on a WattsApp page for colleagues to copy. All of us here in Jos can bear me witness that I don’t have the habit of sharing my published story in WattsApp page. By the way, it is against our rule here that no journalist should paste his story on any of our three platforms eg, Correspondents platform, NUJ platform and that of Ministry for information. So, on which reporters platform did I share that story? Can any of us remind me of any other platform I circulated that controversial story. I never did.

Again, the fact that Danladi Ciroma denied his comments and PREMIUM TIMES hurriedly apologized to Miyetti Allah does not mean Miyetti Allah is right and the media is wrong. Up till now, I still remain positive and confident that Danladi Ciroma is lying, the fact that I have no record of the interview does not also make Ciroma right in his claim. Let us not narrow investigation into media publications to availability of recording alone, providing the voice recording could be a short-cut to the investigation, but in the absence of the short-cut, the long-cut alternative can be explored for thorough investigation. I’m happy my employer, THE NATION newspaper is doing that at the moment, based on the confidence they have in me, they are exploring all necessary alternatives to get to the root of it.

As colleagues or as a body of media practitioners, let us also not be too hasty in condemning any colleague that find himself in this saga for the fact that in all discipline, professionals can make mistake at a point in his work no matter your years of experience. I’m 19 years in journalism, in spite that, I’m not immune to professional mistake.

Above all, I still insist I’m not wrong in this matter, I have no apology for Miyetti Allah or Danladi Ciroma.

Thank you colleagues for taking your time, remain BLESSED.

BabaO2:
@Reno u are silly and just talking trash as a young man, Jonathan ur boss was younger, but your regime was international embarrassment. You should be ashamed of yourself. Pls check Trump's age again and compare it with Macron, also note Trump is still contesting for second term in 2 years time. Leadership is not about age but skill/experience which your younger boss lacked and working constitution.

SalamRushdie:
Stand with your story solidly sir because even Presidencys press release corroborated your story .
.let the presidency retract their first before you retract yours Sir

EternalTruths:
Referendum is better than Presidency.

CyynthiaKiss:
Blackmailing of the highest order.

vankaid:
i - You found a militia camp,
ii - raided it ,
iii - were fired upon by them and you replied and also found weapons,
iv - your men killed and commander injured,
v - next day Miyetti Allah chairman claimed you attacked and kill them in that operation,
vi - you come to press and tell us that Miyetti Allah are victims too,
vii - and you again still wonder why Miyetti Allah will claim responsibility,
viii - you initiate investigation before you will decide to arrest them or not?
QUESTIONS
1. Did you initiate investigations in Benue and Taraba before arresting livestock guards and label them suspects for the attacks?
2. Did you initiate investigations before killing IPOB people in Abia state?
3. Did you initiate investigations before you arrested Gabriel Suswan and label him as sponsor to Benue militia? Nigeria we are finished!!!

NyenwePHC:
Selfish politician everywhere. Rather than confronting the ruling party with the mindless ethnic genocides taking place in some states, this is the only motives. They will soon all go into political oblivion

SalamRushdie:
Only a fool thinks Buhari will sack a set of service chiefs playing to Fulani supremacy script so well ... The service chiefs are going no where and for the the rest of you we Nigerians I hope we realise that at this point we have to make God our Service Chief till this evil script playing is suddenly snatched from the filthy fingers of the the 3rd Mahdi

Ndonu101:
Go to hell
May God purnish all you terrorist in this government
The only reason Igbos should vote for you is 2023 Presidency? So we should mortgage our next 4years just because of Presidency