The South West Youth Alliance has lambasted the publisher of the serial blackmail, Sahara Reporters, and failed former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore over his reckless and dubious statement on the person of IGP Kayode Egbetokun.
Responding to a publication by Sahara Reporters titled “Sowore Lambasts Tinubu For Extending Kemi Nandap’s Tenure As Nigerian Immigration Boss, Says It’s Reward For Incompetence Just Like IGP Egbetokun,” the coordinator of the alliance, Taiwo Adegbenga, said that Sowore is out to tarnish the reputation of IGP Egbetokun by saying that “Kayode Egbetokun, as IGP of Nigeria Police Force, was murdering protesters and charging minors for treason.”
“We challenge the failed former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to show Nigerians the protesters “murdered by Kayode Egbetokun as IGP” or face legal action for this reckless and mischievous statement.
“Ensuring accurate and factual reporting is part of the code of ethics guiding the journalism profession anywhere in the world. But it’s quite unfortunate that Sahara Reporters do not regard this ethical standard, and this explains why the medium is filled with a myriad of unverified and baseless reports and fabrications.
“Laziness and irresponsibility of media organisations like Sahara Reporters will continue to murder the journalism profession in Nigeria. It is pathetic that a media outfit like Sahara Reporters could publish this kind of unverified” story—“Kayode Egbetokun, as IGP of the Nigeria Police Force, was murdering protesters and charging minors for treason.” This is irresponsible journalism at its peak.
“We therefore call on Omoyele Sowore and Sahara Reporters to desist from dishing out baseless, unverified reports as well as stop misinforming and misleading the public, which are fast becoming their trademark.
