The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the media against misrepresentation of facts emanating from the proceedings of the probe panel set up by the National Judicial Council (NJC) on allegations of malpractices in the handling of Osun and Ekiti states governorship appeals.
A statement issued by the Osun state Chairman of the PDP, Otunba Sunday Ojo-Williams, described the reports carried by some Lagos newspapers on friday that MTN disclaimed the call logs before the panel as deliberate falsehood to mislead members of the public.
"The reports by these newspapers were not only false but cleverly crafted on behalf of Justice Ayo Salami to blackmail, intimidate and put the panel in a tight corner as it seeks to do justice in the matters before it.
"One of the newspapers even attributed its story to the National Security Adviser (NSA) who did not even appear before the panel on the day in question. The NSA appeared almost a month ago to tender call logs of Justice Salami and others given to his office by MTN and other service providers.
"Indeed, the MTN manager brought by Justice Salami on Thursday confirmed during cross examination that MTN supplied the call logs to the NSA and the witness was further made to compare and confirm that the contents of the logs supplied by us were the same as the ones tendered by the NSA," the PDP chairman said.
He added that "Significantly, the MTN man could not have disclaimed the call logs, knowing that there are documents before the panel which effectively showed that the logs are genuine. Even Justice Salami himself confirmed in his written response that he spoke with at least one of the people mentioned in our petition while just last week, Salami brought as witness, Kebbi state ACN governorship candidate, Turaki Kabiru Tanimu, who admitted before the panel that he exchanged text messages with Justice Salami at 4:00 a.m on friday, November 26, 2010, the day the Osun judgement was delivered.”
"We urge the media to be wary of people hawking falsehood about. The Press should take interest in getting accurate reports of the proceedings which should not be too difficult to obtain by any diligent investigative reporter," he said.
A statement issued by the Osun state Chairman of the PDP, Otunba Sunday Ojo-Williams, described the reports carried by some Lagos newspapers on friday that MTN disclaimed the call logs before the panel as deliberate falsehood to mislead members of the public.
"The reports by these newspapers were not only false but cleverly crafted on behalf of Justice Ayo Salami to blackmail, intimidate and put the panel in a tight corner as it seeks to do justice in the matters before it.
"One of the newspapers even attributed its story to the National Security Adviser (NSA) who did not even appear before the panel on the day in question. The NSA appeared almost a month ago to tender call logs of Justice Salami and others given to his office by MTN and other service providers.
"Indeed, the MTN manager brought by Justice Salami on Thursday confirmed during cross examination that MTN supplied the call logs to the NSA and the witness was further made to compare and confirm that the contents of the logs supplied by us were the same as the ones tendered by the NSA," the PDP chairman said.
He added that "Significantly, the MTN man could not have disclaimed the call logs, knowing that there are documents before the panel which effectively showed that the logs are genuine. Even Justice Salami himself confirmed in his written response that he spoke with at least one of the people mentioned in our petition while just last week, Salami brought as witness, Kebbi state ACN governorship candidate, Turaki Kabiru Tanimu, who admitted before the panel that he exchanged text messages with Justice Salami at 4:00 a.m on friday, November 26, 2010, the day the Osun judgement was delivered.”
"We urge the media to be wary of people hawking falsehood about. The Press should take interest in getting accurate reports of the proceedings which should not be too difficult to obtain by any diligent investigative reporter," he said.
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