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Prince Kassim Afegbua, a former Commissioner for Information in Edo state on Friday came down hard on a journalist with ARISE TV, Oseni Rufai over what he described as his alleged attacks on the presidential aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

In a statement, Afegbua who heaped praises on Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for a beautiful delivery at Chatham House said Rufai's utterances show he has misplaced anger and sentiments towards Tinubu’s presidential bid.

He wrote" For some time now, Oseni Rufai has been running down Tinubu’s aspiration. He breathes his sentiments into every discourse, pours his hurling on the meal and flaunts his arrogance, with a straight face; as if to say, go to hell.

"I have taken pains to understudy some of his utterances and perspectives and find them very peripheral and without depth. He appears to be a man who is quarelsome and disorganised, or likely to have some domestic issues, causing him to come on air everyday, to pour out misplaced anger. Trying to mimic Reuben Abati in terms of profound delivery, he exposes his sentiments against the Tinubu presidency as he usually caresses his TV guests that are supporting other presidential candidates".

"Rufai should note, and very clearly too, that Arise TV is not the same as the Radio station where he initially worked; it is a global platform that should convey serious contents, and not a place where "I will call the Governor" attitude should fly. That incident alone exposed Rufai's psychological and likely psychiatric problems and that is something to be concerned about".

"Having committed a traffic offense, he was grandstanding as he was intercepted by the authorities. He tried to show LASTMA officials and the world that he knows the Lagos State Governor and was threatening to call him for his hoped "short-cut". This is the mentality, and indeed the sad reality that has detained us in Nigeria for years; sadly, such a mind is allowed to airtime as a journalist".

"One of the reasons Nigerians should vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that he is poised to quash this kind of mindset among us. If Reuben Abati has not succeeded in reining Rufai in, to follow the real dictates of professional broadcast journalism, a more intense approach needs to be sought. Maybe Rufai is easily swayed by his "ngwo-ngwo" emotions, or is a man who had some kind of retardation growing up. Either way, he would need treatment. Does he remember that in 1999, Chief Obasanjo got several, undilluted media harassments, and still became the elected President?"

"By Tinubu asking some of his team members from his brilliant stock to respond to some of the questions does not amount to any faus pax or gaffe. I am yet to see anyone who can school me on the strategic choices that any candidate can make. A President's primary take home lesson is to be jack of all trade, master of all; delegating responsibilities and coordinating and collating outcomes".

" Why would it be of utmost importance to have such brilliant men and women as Tinubu has around him if they couldn’t answer for him when asked questions? He listens to a coterie of appointees, weighs their contributions and takes responsibility and or credit for the success or otherwise of any actions taken on the issue(s) under scrutiny".

" Having listened to Asiwaju Tinubu in Lagos when he spoke elaborately with members of the Organised Private Sector, in Kano, Owerri, Minna and Lafia, during his Townhall engagements, it will be foolhardy for anyone to think Tinubu cannot interrogate issues and speak to them. His style in Chatham House was what he chose for that outing. Did he not appear on BBC Focus on Africa alone? Did he not perform stellarly? His responses to question were lucid, unambiguous and well articulated, and his poise was statesmanly; he was simply scintillating.

"He exhibited a remarkable departure from others; others like a unifier who cannot unify his own party. Tinubu subsequently had a robust engagement with some Nigerians in London; and then, he responded to their enquiries by himself.
I would have queried his style, if those who were chosen to respond to some of the questions didn't discharge that responsibility well. They all spoke very well, articulated the roadmap, and brought clarity to how Tinubu will shape the challenges facing our country".

"The Chatham House engagement was open; hence the Oseni Rufais of this world cannot say Tinubu went on a medical tourism; the most convenient thing to say, in their bid to continue to ram it down our throats that Tinubu is this, Tinubu is that and everything negative. The only reason why Tinubu is lambasted today, is simply because he is the candidate to beat. So, those hirelings who may have been given backroom assignment will always look for flimsy opportunities to justify their pay".

" We live in Nigeria and are familiar with such undercurrents. I just hope Oseni Rufai and his likes will not plunge Arise TV into an avoidable cul-de-sac in the nearest future. Once the perception sets in as a platform of anything goes, it will certainly rub off on its credibility. For me, it was most heartening to see Asiwaju Tinubu deliver his speech in Chatham House on Monday, 5 December 2022. Let other candidates go there and showcase their own style if they so desire".

https://independent.ng/afegbua-lambasts-arise-tv-journalist-over-attacks-on-tinubu/

This is just the beginning, I blame Tinubu for exposing himself to all these scrutiny.

When your past is dirty, avoid politics.

The sleeping Journalist does not deserve any attention

Rufai is a bitter soul. Like someone rightly said, the guy is in great debt. If journalism no pay you, quit na

All we know is Jagaban lokan. Arise or Asleep can go and die

Rufai has never been a professional Journalist. I wonder how he got so much attention he’s getting now.

Chelseanababa:
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Tinubu is bigger than arise Tv, let obi n Atiku be going there, because no foreign tv can host them

The useless rufai that don't even know how to recharge lake Chad.
He and reno are dunce

Wiseandtrue:
Oseni Rufai aired his opinion as a journalist and a Nigerian! Tinubu is vying for a post in a country where he is a citizen!

So he is open to scrutiny!

What do you mean Someone made promises before and he didn't keep one, no apologies, nothing! Now he is now asking us to vote for him again and you think Nigerians should take it sitting down

Media houses are interrogating presidential candidates, if he had accused your candidate of something he didn't say, do or promise please let us know or forever remain quiet!

Many of you were here abusing Jonathan, as a sitting president, show me where he ever call out any one of you

You guys are just hypocrites that cannot swallow what you dish out to others

Perhaps you have collected brown envelope, so you can talk about the person of Oseni and Oseni cannot do his job

Rufai Oseni better treat your lots the way Orubebe was treated by Jega!

why is he not insulting atiku and obi,
Is tinubu the sitting president like Jonathan.
Why not pass your anger to buhari as your sitting president.
And judge all candidate from their past record and performance

OGwales:
Rufai is a bitter soul. Like someone rightly said, the guy is in great debt. If journalism no pay you, quit na

he can feed your generatlons

gozmok1:
he can feed your generatlons

if he can feed your generation.
Why is he still complaining

gozmok1:
he can feed your generatlons

Including yours

But he can't feed the the incoming Jagaban of Africa

Please, Rufai is a very emotional guy who sometimes loses control. I see some tinge of immaturity sometimes. That he is buoyed by an uninformed online mob does not do him any good. We saw this behaviour with Tundun Abiola when she insulted guests and dragged her own sister on air, and we asked that she should withdraw during the political season since there is already a conflict of interest and she cannot hold her emotions.

I don't think Rufai can withstand the heat from politicians and political spokesmen with the way he tries to act like he is fighting for Nigerians. I'd ask Nairalanders to go easy on him. We should not contribute to mental health instability because of politics. Let us leave his hustle.

Tinubu is hard to sell

Tsolutionjoseph:
Tinubu is bigger than arise Tv, let obi n Atiku be going there, because no foreign tv can host them

Leemao

buhariguy:
why is he not insulting atiku and obi,
Is tinubu the sitting president like Jonathan.
Why not pass your anger to buhari as your sitting president.
And judge all candidate from their past record and performance

Past records?

Tinubu's past records?

Isn't that what we are talking about right now?

The drugs and forgeries?

Arise TV is too biased for a media outlet that ought to be neutral or pretend to be , secondly they clearly show they are not intelligent, I watched a Dr Abati trying to shame Tinubu use of "Teamship" live on TV and I wondered if they even had a course in English to understand contextual meaning rather they shamed themselves trying to claim the English is incorrect.
And these are the same people who influence some people's decision.
They just turned the TV station to rumor blogs, A TV
station that uses random tweets to or skits from comedians to back up their points well it was founded on corrupt money .
Tinubu is legally fit but the rumor mongers and partisan media outlet want to pull a Donald trump on him , it's a matter of time.
Coz at the end we can see it's just rumor they are peddling they can't take away his giant strides in Lagos and Nigerian democratic space.
Corruption will fight back as President Buhari said.

Afegbua and those supporting Tinubu are more evil than Tinubu himself; and hate Nigeria.
Say NO to muslim-muslim devilish ticket.

Tinubu will dropout latest in January

Btw. wey dat mod wey ban me yesterday for creating a Peter Obi captioned thread. Please no forget to ban me again o.

SLAP44:
This is just the beginning, I blame Tinubu for exposing himself to all these scrutiny.

When your past is dirty, avoid politics.

A former senator, a two term governor is the person an unknown entity like you is blaming for exposing himself to scrutiny?
I wonder if some of you even think before posting.

You guys are giving this Rufai guy more attention than he deserves...

Person wey dey Asleep on Arisetv

Another Babablu Bluublu bulabu utterance.

Okoroawusa:
You guys are giving this Rufai guy more attention than he deserves...

Person wey dey Asleep on Arisetv

True.

I heard the guy is gay

BeardedMeat:
Past records?

Tinubu's past records?

Isn't that what we are talking about right now?

The drugs and forgeries?

what about obi.diot past about how his father died as a result of drug deal.
About be olumba olumba,
About the 250 milion cash laundering.
And so many allegations obi.diot refuse to answer.
But tinubu has clear himself of all allegations,
So what is the problem of useless oseni

gasparpisciotta:
True.

I heard the guy is gay

Are you sure?

Buharidgeneral:
Are you sure?

Unconfirmed

Political ass licker

Tsolutionjoseph:
Tinubu is bigger than arise Tv, let obi n Atiku be going there, because no foreign tv can host them

Would Tinubu agree to debate if a foreign station moderate ?

Wiseandtrue:
Oseni Rufai's character is what an astute journalist should be! Devoid of biasness and corruption

If Obi or Atiku had done half of what Tinubu did, the Nigerian police would have harassed them till no end!

With all due respect, which presidential candidate is as scandalous as Tinubu

If our journalists are alive and are doing their work, they would have moved mountain to ensure that someone like Tinubu did not even show his face as a candidate of any political post!

It's an eyesore! It's a shame on our collective intelligence!

Is it the student loans Bullion vans Drugs Stealing someone's identity

The last time a journalist stood up for what is right in this country was the time of Kiki Mordi!

Don't you even feel any shame even for a bit

A drug baron running for a presidential post in your country. Lord have mercy!!!

Unlike your name you're not wise and true infact far from it..... your word 'If Obi or Atiku had done half of what Tinubu did, the Nigerian police would have harassed them till no end!
What exactly do you accuse him for Did he rule you or your generation or stole anything from you.... kindly show us prove if he does

A Party of Criminals.