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    Open Letter to Bayo Onanuga by Richard Akinnola II

    David GreatBy David GreatApril 1, 2023No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Richard Akinnola, a veteran lawyer and journalist
    Richard Akinnola, a veteran lawyer and journalist
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    By Richard Akinnola II

    My dear Bayo Onanuga,

    I hope you are now happy and satisfied, that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Channels TV with an N5 million fine, following your petition over the Datti Ahmed’s interview on Channels TV.

    Chief Gani Fawehinmi and Dr. Olu Onagoruwa (both of blessed memories) were the best of friends for several years but that friendship was truncated when the latter decided to join the Abacha junta as the Attorney-General, churning out despicable Decrees. Their relationship ended and Gani publicly upbraided his erstwhile friend.

    You and l have been friends for several years, fought many battles together against the military, particularly against their onslaught on the free press. I therefore feel terribly pained that l have to publicly upbraid you for your recent public statements, particularly your petition against Channels TV, to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Et tu, Bayo? I’m still trying to wrap my heads round your sudden 360 degrees against all you fought for under the military.

    You are yet to be in government and you have started exhibiting intolerance against the independent media, the same thing you fought for all your years, like Dr. Onagoruwa did. I’m sure your principal, who has been a lover of free press, would be embarrassed by your position.

    • Sons of bitches tweeting #TinubuTheDrugDealer, your days are numbered, Bayo Onanuga threatens

    I watched the interview under reference and l must say, you are VERY UNFAIR to Seun Okinbaloye, the anchor man who repeatedly cautioned Datti Baba-Ahmed for making some seemingly inciting comments, to the anger and discomfiture of Baba-Ahmed. So, in all conscience, what then is the basis of your petition to the NBC? Can you compare that to your recent incendiary post against an ethnic group?

    Mr. Bayo Onanuga is MD, News Agency of Nigeria
    Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Communications, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation

    Why are you making enemies for your principal, instead of friends, in a country so polarized? While your principal is preaching unity and healing, you are busy trying to make more enemies for him. Yesterday, it was Arise TV, today, it is Channels TV. Is that a foretaste of what to experience in the incoming government? So, we should be fixated on NTA and TVC, isn’t that what you are trying to tell proverbially? To say that I’m totally embarrassed by your silly conduct, would be stating it mildly.

    For eight years, despite all vitriolic attacks on the president, Femi Adesina, as Special Adviser, Media to the president, did not petition against any medium but “you wey never enter, don dey censor the media”. What a shame! I can expect the disaster that awaits us if you become the presidential spokesperson. Do l subscribe to unfettered press freedom? No. I believe every freedom comes with responsibility. However, when you create a perception that the incoming government would be intolerant of the free press, we need to sound the alarm bell.

    My dear Bayo Onanuga, it is often said that until a man tastes power or has access to money, you can’t judge his character. That may not be totally true because one of our mutual friends, Tunji Bello, has tasted both but has been his normal self that l have known for over three decades. His decent character has not changed, in and out of government. So, could it be that your real character is just unfolding? Just because you are now at the periphery of power, you are ready to obliterate all the values and principles you held all these years. What a shame!

    TAKE NOTICE that we would fight this your planned “insurrection” against the independent media the way we, including you, fought Abacha’s dictatorship against the media.

    Richard Akinnola is a veteran lawyer, journalist and writer

    Postscriptum: Before l wrote this open letter, l had informed some of our mutual friends, so that they won’t feel embarrassed.

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