Senator Ojudu condemns Punch Newspaper over fake news

Former senator representing Ekiti Central, Babafemi Ojudu has called out Punch Newspapers for its misleading story on TraderMoni.

Mr. Ojudu who is the Special Adviser to the President on Political matters said the Punch story which claimed that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had suspended his tour of TraderMoni was false.

Contrary to the false publications by Punch online, Prof. Osinbajo only paused the activities of TraderMoni because of the campaign and subsequent elections that followed at both the State and Federal levels.

Reacting to Punch’s story, Senator Ojudu said, “this is falsehood, a man (Professor Osinbajo) who for three months traveled round the country campaigning, in the course of which he was involved in helicopter crash, went through an election which is not even over as there are supplementary elections in six states this weekend”.

“Mr President has also made him the coordinator of a Committee to audit all the projects embarked upon by this administration and yesterday he and the President were in the Federal executive Council meeting from 9.00am till 6.00 pm and you are condemning him for not going to the market”, he stated further.

Senator Ojudu also noted that, “Some other men would have gone to seek rest in some far away land, this we have asked him to do and he said there is so much to do here”. 

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While stressing on the selfless nature of Prof Yemi Osinbajo, he added that, “Be rest assured that Osinbajo will never abandon the people, whether in the market, on the street or on the farm.It is who he is, the caring academics, pastor and politician”.

Finally, Senator Ojudu condemned the Punch newspaper for pushing out a false narrative and also losing its credibility over time as they’re now recently more involved in propaganda.

He said, “Our Punch, the Punch we adore is becoming something else. May our gold not rot”.