It’s fake news; ‘no altercation between Akpabio, Bamidele’ -Senate Leader’s Office
The Office of the Senate Leader has described as fake news, a purported disagreement and physical brawl on Wednesday between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, currently being circulated on the X handle of one Jackson Ude.
A statement from the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, Office of the Senate Leader, implored the public to ignore the false information, adding that the purveyor of the fake news, Jackson Ude, is a “known serial blackmailer and cash-and-carry journalist”.
“For the record, it is a verifiable fact that Senator Bamidele has never been involved in physical assault in over two decades of his political trajectory, not even when he was a young man leading the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) as President.
“It is surprising that the purveyor of this misleading information in his selfish agenda and unprofessional conduct threw ethos of Journalism into waste bin and decided to feast on roadside gists to tarnish the image of the Senate Leader,” the statement read.
The Office of the Senate Leader said the false news designed to incite discontent in the Senate and agitate the political system failed as “the Senate Leader, President of the Senate and other principal officers of the Senate together received the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. YU Dunhai and his delegation few minutes after leaving the plenary on Wednesday”, debunking Ude’s fake narrative.
It added that “photographs of the Chinese envoys with the leadership of the Senate were widely published in today’s major national newspapers. It is equally verifiable that the Senate Leader and the Senate President both drove out of the National Assembly premises in the same vehicle yesterday”.
Following the development, the Senate Leader has warned mischief makers like Ude to exercise caution, as he has resolved to safeguard himself and his position in line with the CyberCrime Act of 2015.
