In a post on X Tuesday, presidential spokesperson, Daniel Bwala accused Rufai Oseni of distorting his words and peddling what he called “lies and blackmail”.
Bwala’s reaction came after a segment on Arise News’ The Morning Show where Oseni, during the ‘What’s Trending’ segment, referred to Bwala’s comment in December 2023 that “even if you give APC 30 years, nothing will work”. Bwala was spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar at the time.
Oseni, speaking on the TV show, lamented about the rising insecurity in the country and the poor attitude of the All Progressives Congress, APC led government in tackling the menace.
But Bwala took to X and accused Oseni of deliberately misrepresenting his comments and accused the journalist of lack of neutrality.
The presidential spokesman was harsh on the Arise TV anchor, accusing him of promoting a partisan narrative.
This lier and Peter Obi propagandist is here again spewing lies and quoting what I never said surreptitiously to push his fake news agenda of blackmail and hate vitriol Bwala said.
“The adult toddler has forfeited the moral high ground to speak as a neutral when everyone knows he is a Peter Obi unofficial spokesman masquerading as a journalist.
‘He doesn’t know that if you are not a journalist, you can’t pretend to be one any more than a mechanic can do medical surgery. Animal husbandry. If I borrow the words of Mr Olayinka I would say “you should be doing documentary on animals” and not fake news journalism. “Pathetic.”
