After tweeting an old photo of President Muhammadu Buhari and President-elect Bola Tinubu together and saying it was shot on Wednesday, journalist Sam Omatseye received harsh criticism.
The image was shared on Twitter by Omatseye with the description “Asiwaju Tinubu. On April 12, 2023, the President-elect and President Buhari were in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Netizens criticized the seasoned journalist for lying and spreading false information after learning the picture was really shot in 2019 during Buhari and Tinubu’s break from the Ramadan fast at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
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View the post and responses below;
Spotlight_Abby wrote, ‘Sam Omatseye, caught pants down trying to pass off a 2019 picture as if Tinubu had lunch with Buhari in Mecca yesterday. I think they want to keep obidients talking & commenting about this. Pls shun their pages even if someone brings them to your TL. Focus on PO & say NO to BAT.’
General_Oluchi wrote, ‘Look at Sam Omatseye, the funeral director and gatekeeper of journalism putting his best foot forward—with lies! Yes, Sam is an undertaker by night too!’
@Oserume1 wrote, ‘Sam Omatseye you are not wise… Old shameless lying clown’
@Allezamani wrote, ‘This is SAM OMATSEYE a supposed veteran journalist tweeting an old picture of 2019 as a current photo speaks of Tinubu and Buhari as April 12th 2023, is this how APC plan to rule Nigeria again? How did any sane person support any candidate from this party as their President?’
JackObinyan wrote, ‘When a mandate is stolen, the coconspirators of the theft become desperate in their quest for validation.Sam Omatseye caught in the act; trying to pass 2019 photograph for 2023.’
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In his contentious essay “Obi-tuary,” Omatseye, a columnist for The Nation, said that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, was using the Biafran narrative to advance his bid for the presidency as a candidate from the south.
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