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deomelo:
Obasanjo asks AIT to retract false report of meeting with Osinbajo in Ota


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has demanded immediate retraction and apology from African Independent Television (AIT) over a report indicating he had a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in his Ota farm in Ogun State.

The television station’s social media segment, Kakaaki Social, on Friday showed a purported Twitter account of Mr Obasanjo with a picture of the former president, Mr Osinbajo, and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, at the meeting.

The former president’s demand came barely a month after the National Broadcasting Commission cautioned the television station on the use of user-generated content from the social media on its flagship programme.

Mr Obasanjo in a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Friday said the portrayal by the station was false and also demanded an apology for Mr Osinbajo for the embarrassment it might have caused him.

He expressed disappointment in the station’s failure to verify the fake Twitter Account before airing it on the station, stating that he was in Sokoto for the Zero Hunger project at the time the false news was aired by the station.

“It is a fact that severally, the former president has dissociated himself from owning any social media account. Therefore, it is highly disappointing that such sensitive Twitter post would be allowed to go on air without verification by the African Independent Television (AIT),” Mr Akinyemi stated.

Mr Obasanjo also expressed concern over the continuous use of his name by suspected fraudsters on social media platforms, warning that anyone caught in the act would be made to face prosecution.

The former President further urged the media to always be professional in discharging their duties and should refrain from creating unnecessary confusion and heating up the polity.

“There was no meeting with the Vice President anywhere. I was at the airport and was informed that he was around in the lounge and out of courtesy; I felt I should go and greet him. We met, greeted and exchanged pleasantries and I left. That was all,” Mr Obasanjo explained.

“The station should have been very professional and not causing confusion and heating up the polity. That I am not operating any social media account should not be strange to a station like AIT, and for that embarrassment, the Vice President and I deserve an apology,” Mr Obasanjo said.

Earlier, Mr Osinbajo had dismissed claims that the meeting was a closed-door one aimed at lobbying the former president ahead of the 2019 election.



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/296955-obasanjo-asks-ait-to-retract-false-report-of-meeting-with-osinbajo-in-ota.html

DrDauda:


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yerokunphilips:
Have discovered that the PDP have just discovered how strong the VP is most of things working under this government is been supervised by him (N power ,Tradermoni , reform of sars ,discussing with both the youth and elders of Niger Delta to stop bombing of pipe lines ,bring naira back to stablity from over N500 to a dollar ,no VP in the history of Nigeria enjoyed the kind of goodwill he's enjoying ) and they will do everything possible to pull him down not because they hate him but just to discredit him just to win the forthcoming election . They just discovered that some people from south west may vote for APC because him .

Eliteklaus:
APC and mischief be like BUHARI and London (unavoidable)

DrDauda:
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emperorgeoffrey:
the idiots were paid by buhari to make them look good in public. Bunch of animals

YoungLionken:
Come Nairalanders, Una nor dey sleep? Wey b say even if na 12am, una still dey d game... As for OBJ and AIT, I dey come mk I 1st welcome

solutionmi:
“There was no meeting with the Vice President anywhere. I was at the airport and was informed that he was around in the lounge and out of courtesy; I felt I should go and greet him. We met, greeted and exchanged pleasantries and I left. That was all,” Mr Obasanjo explained.



“The station should have been very professional and not causing confusion and heating up the polity. That I am not operating any social media account should not be strange to a station like AIT, and for that embarrassment, the Vice President and I deserve an apology,” Mr Obasanjo said.



Earlier, Mr Osinbajo had dismissed claims that the meeting was a closed-door one aimed at lobbying the former president ahead of the 2019 election.

balanceofterror1:
Pls how do I delete NTA from my TV set?

emi14:
All Naira lands doesn't live in Nigeria or Africa. Time difference in between . Some on nights duty cum clubbing. Night vigil caused by insomnia should be considered.

Prokaryote:
look out for the center point of your TV set,with the aid of sledge hammer, hit the Tv 3x spelling NTA. U are good