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FBI: Phrank Shaibu Accuses Tinubu Government of Plots To Gag Media

Shaibu said in a statement on Sunday that NBC had been watching as media platforms like Television Continental (TVC) had been constantly attacking Atiku and had refused to even air opposition views.

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Phrank Shaibu has accused the Tinubu Government of plots to gag the Nigeria media ahead of the release of FBI files.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has alleged that the administration of President Bola Tinubu-led administration has perfected a sinister plot to gag the media ahead of the release of the records containing his investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

 

This Nigeria news platform reports that Phrank Shaibu claimed that the threat by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction Arise Television News was only the tip of the iceberg.

 

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Shaibu said in a statement on Sunday that NBC had been watching as media platforms like Television Continental (TVC) had been constantly attacking Atiku and had refused to even air opposition views.

 

He said that Tinubu’s administration had become frustrated with the Chicago State University scandal and was planning a massive offensive in the coming days.

 

Shaibu added, “Back in February, NBC tried to show a bit of fairness and fined TVC for unprofessional broadcasts, including the airing of the Joint Media Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council press briefing, where Festus Keyamo said Obasanjo and Atiku ran a criminal enterprise and an empire of fraud in Abuja.

 

“However, since Tinubu became president on May 29, the NBC has become more partisan than ever. The NBC boss, Balarabe Ilelah, is obviously seeking to retain his appointment and is now dancing to the tune of the APC and their master at the Presidential Villa.

 

“The NBC has now been co-opted into a grand plot to gag the media over Tinubu’s certificate scandal. Having lost the battle in the court of public opinion, they are now trying to use the powers of the state to browbeat the media into silence. This is indeed shameful for a man who claimed to be a hero of the June 12 struggle.”

 

Shaibu noted that this is not the time for the Nigerian media to show any weakness.

He stressed that the trove of documents that the FBI was set to release this month would expose details of the investigation on Tinubu.

 

Atiku’s aide added that the dissemination of this information must not be left to social media alone. The media must rise up to its role as the watchdog of society as enshrined in Section 22 of the 1999 constitution.

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