Ogun Gov Amosun Draws Battle Line With Journalists

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday in Abeokuta declared ‘war’ on journalists in the state.


Journalists, who had waited for over an hour at the Gateway Hall venue of the meeting between the governor, National Assembly members and other stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress were taken aback when Amosun told the newsmen that he had drawn the battle line with them over the series of “fabricated stories” they had been writing about his role in the APC crisis.

The meeting was called to discuss the modalities for the registration of APC members in the state.

But Amosun, who emerged from the meeting looking rather unhappy, vented his anger on the journalists when they asked for his comments on the event.

Speaking angrily in Yoruba, Amosun also dared the journalists to publish all he was saying to them.

The governor then walked out on the journalists, declining to answer their previous question about what transpired at the meeting with the APC National Assembly members and other stakeholders.

He declared that the journalists in the state were not his friends.

The governor stressed that he had only decided not to move against the journalists because it was not the first time they had written fabricated stories about him.

Amosun said in Yoruba, “Nka ti eri ohun ko ni e nko. Ohun to sele ni yen. Eyin na mo pe gbogbo nkan ti e nko yen, agbelero ni. E ki i se ore mi o! Write it o, that I said you are doing ‘agbelero’.

“E ti ko o; emi o kan soro mo ni o. Gbogbo agbelero ti e nko; se b’o ti sele simi ri, mo kan nwo yin ni; e maa lo ko lo! Mo ri pe enko loo, esi ma ko lo!”

Meaning (You journalists have been writing fabricated stories. You only write what you don’t see. You all know that you have been fabricating stories. You are not my friends, go and write it that I said you have been fabricating stories.

I just decided not to take any action. All the fabricated stories, it has happened to me, I’m only looking at you. Go on and keep fabricating stories. I can see you keep fabricating the stories, keep doing that