A chieftain of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, Chief Akin Osuntokun, has debunked claims by the Presidency that he lied over bombing in a Borno village on the Sallah Day. He insisted that it was a lie for the Presidency to say there was no attack. He said according to Reuters report, 63 people were reportedly killed and villages burnt in a terrorist attack in Maimalari village in Borno State the previous day. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, had in a statement on Thursday carpeted Osuntokun, saying “telling lies of that kind betrayed a mind taken over by ill wishes against his own country.” But in a statement on Friday, Osuntokun said even if there was a mix-up in his figures and location of the attack, the reaction by the Presidency was an illustration of how the incumbent administration had trivialised and made mockery of governance. Read more
Presidency lied over bombing in Borno village, Osuntokun insists (Punch)
