Bayo Onanuga and Dele Alake of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential campaign council have taken a swipe at the editors of
THISDAY/Arise Television.
The development comes hours after the editors accused the
duo of trying to silence free and fair journalism.
The back-and-forth follows the refusal of Bola Tinubu, APC
presidential candidate, to honour an invitation to attend a town hall series
organised by Arise TV.
In a publication on Monday, the news organisations had also accused the Tinubu campaign of making requests for the removal of Shaka Momodu, THISDAY editor, and Rufai Oseni, The Morning Show co-host, from their current positions.
Responding in a statement, Onanuga and Alake criticised the
editors, adding that their allegation that the APC campaign is attempting to
bully the media is “baseless”.
“It is instructive that Obaigbena’s media group is isolated
in making this frivolous allegation against the duo,” the statement reads.
“Not only does THISDAY newspaper publish unfounded rumours
masquerading as truth, many of its columnists substitute vile and vulgar abuse
for sound logic and informed analyses while its television anchors heckle and
harass their guests, particularly those of the APC in their jaundiced,
flagrantly unprofessional programmes.
“We recall that both
THISDAY and ARISE Television sought to bully and compel the APC presidential
candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, into attending its Town Hall meetings
with presidential candidates, despite the media team’s explanation that it
would not attend such programmes organised in a haphazard and uncoordinated
manner by individual media houses.
“Each candidate’s campaign team has the right to adopt its
own strategies for reaching out to and interacting with Nigerians.
“As we have repeatedly said, the Tinubu campaign will not
succumb to the blackmail, intimidation and harassment of Obaigbena and his
media group.”
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com