Presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala has accused Rufai Oseni of misrepresenting his statements and pushing what he described as “lies and blackmail” in a post on X on Tuesday.
Bwala’s reaction followed a segment on Arise News’ The Morning Show, where Oseni, during the ‘What’s Trending’ segment, referenced Bwala’s December 2023 comment that “even if you give APC 30 years, nothing will work”. At the time, Bwala was serving as spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar.
Oseni during 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.
However, Bwala took to X and alleged that Oseni deliberately distorted his remarks and accused the journalist of lacking neutrality.
The presidential spokesman described the Arise TV anchor in strongly critical terms, claiming he was pushing a partisan narrative.
Bwala said: “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.
“The adult toddler has lost the moral 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 to masquerade as a journalist when you are never one is like a mechanic performing 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.”
‘Peter Obi propagandist’ – Bwala accuses Arise TV’s Rufai Oseni of lies, blackmail