Reno Omokri, a former spokesperson for the president, alleges that prominent broadcast journalist Rufai Oseni is compromised and works for Labour Party presidential contender Peter Obi.
Mr. Omokri, a fervent supporter of PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, made this allegation in a tweet on Saturday, claiming that the Arise TV reporter had threatened to kill him.
“A compromised journalist who is sponsored by Peter Obi, and who lies and passes off his lies as news on AriseTV. And then, when he is exposed, he phones my family members to issue death threats against me. Then lies to people that I begged to be interviewed on AriseTV, when I was, in fact, mountain climbing in Peru, and AriseTV was searching for me, and I did not even respond on time because there was no Internet in Machu Picchu, Peru, where I was mountain climbing. Then, Mr Rufai Oseni made attempts, through one of Waziri Atiku’s spokespersons to reach Atiku and was rebuffed. And this Mr Rufai Oseni had the guts to record a video for his Obidient horde to come after me? I went to Chicago State University with my own money to establish the truth. Mr Rufai Oseni sat in AriseTV’s studios to concoct lies to manipulate Nigerians into believing that Chicago State University denied Tinubu. You messed with the wrong person|” tweet by Omokri read.
News About Nigeria understands that the former presidential spokesperson had earlier asked the ace broadcast journalist to tender an unreserved apology for misinforming the public about President Bola Tinubu’s academic history. His request came after Chicago State University agreed to release the academic records of President Tinubu.
