The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council for Tinubu/Shettima presidency had accused broadcast stations including Channels and Arise TVs of colluding with spokesmen for the presidential campaign candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to insult Tinubu.
Newsonline reports that the Tinubu campaign council said the broadcast stations have shown utter disdain for the presidential candidate of the ruling APC, Bola Tinubu, by allowing spokesmen for Peter Obi to make a mockery of their presidential candidate.
The Director of New and Digital Media of the APC PCC, Femi Kayode, accused Channels and Arise of unprofessionalism by allowing their candidate to be described and mocked by LP’s spokesmen.
Femi Kayode added that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar spokesmen has also taken the same line to ridicule Tinubu unprovoked.
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Kayode said, “with disgust and consternation, I watched one of the leaders of Peter Obi’s PCC insulting and attempting to mimic Asiwaju’s speech on Channels TV the other day and suggesting that he had mental health challenges.
“A few days earlier I heard another Obi spokesman on yet another Channels Television programme referring to him as “Nebuchadnezzar”, “a monkey” and “satan”.
“The thing that appalled me the most was that in both interviews the moderators allowed him to keep making the point and mocking our candidate.
“They all appeared to be enjoying themselves and having a good laugh.”
“This has become the norm on virtually all the television stations in Nigeria today where insulting and denigrating Asiwaju has been turned into a public bloodsport and favourite pastime,” APC lamented.
Tinubu campaign council said Arise TV has become a major culprit in the mockery of the former governor of Lagos State.
APC accused Arise of showing hatred for the ruling party’s presidential candidate.
“In this respect, the prize goes to Arise Television who can barely disguise their utter disdain and hatred for our candidate.
“Like Obi’s men, the PDP, their spokesmen and their leaders are also guilty of this attempt to slur and say some of the most outrageous things about our candidate and his health on national television as well.
“Up until now, I have been quite gentle and I have kept the peace by refraining from targetting the respective opposition candidates on national television.
“However let me serve them notice that it is my intention to respond to them fire for fire as from today on every social media platform, every newspaper and every television and radio station that they seek to disparage our candidate and leader,” Kayode added.
