Immediate past Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi has debunked
reports that he stormed the residence of Senate President, Dr. Bukola
Saraki in anger, to protest the deferment of his ministerial screening
last week.
A statement signed by his media aide, Mr.
David Iyofor, described the newspaper report as absolutely
untrue, alleging that there was a deliberate attempt to potray
Amaechi in a bad and demeaning manner“We must clarify that Amaechi did not visit and was not at the residence of the Senate president lastThursday. Since he did not go to the residence of the Senate President, there is absolutely no way what newspaper sources claimed to have transpired, happened.
“We must emphasise that Amaechi holds the office of the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in very high esteem, and will never disrespect or act in any way that will bring the office into disrepute. However, the incident reported never occurred on Thursday or any other day.”
Iyofor further said: “While we understand the constraints and pressures journalists face in doing their jobs, we would advise them to be thorough and double-check or even ‘triple-check’ their sources of information. There seems to exist an axis of fifth columnists, masquerading as ‘sources’ to journalists, who fabricate events, incidences and stories that never happened, to malign and destroy the character and reputation of others, while fomenting acrimony and bad blood in the polity. Journalists must beware of such ‘sources’.”
-Sun News
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