Director, New Media to the Bayelsa State Governor, Dr. Kola
Oredipe, has denied the post linking Governor Douye Diri to an allegation of a
nude video leak of the Free State legislature speaker, Zanele Sifuba, being
circulated in the media.
Dr. Oredipe, said “Let it be stated without any equivocation
that Governor Diri does not know and has had no contact nor relationship with
the said woman at the centre of the scandal.”
It was gathered that a graphic video of Sifuba was leaked
earlier this week after she allegedly refused to pay a blackmailer R300,000.
In a statement issued and sent on Saturday,
Dr. Oredipe, reiterated that Gov. Diri has also not been to South Africa in the
last 10 years.
The statement, which described the trending South African
s_x story as a mere distraction, also revealed that the said account is fake
and was only created on Thursday, November 10, 2022.
The statement reads “Our attention has been drawn to a fake
news circulating online about Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State over an
alleged nude video leak of a South African female legislator, Zanele Sifuba.
“For a scandal that initially appeared on the South African
media space on October 31 and was first linked to a ‘Nigerian youth,’ it is
obvious those behind the new twist opened the parody account with the
deliberate intention to tarnish the image of the Bayelsa Governor.
“Sadly, even without any effort to confirm the ridiculous
allegation against the governor of a state, a few Nigerian online platforms
rushed to publish the fake news from the ‘Zanele Sifuba Facebook’ account without
investigating its source.
“While we have read about a purported attempt to collect
R300,000 from her, the ‘young blackmailer’ is certainly not Governor Diri.
“Ask the question: why would a governor of an oil-rich state
resort to blackmail for a mere R300,000 (about N8 million). This is simply
ridiculous.
“Clearly, political mischief-makers have gone on overdrive
in their desperation to tarnish the reputation of a hard working, calm,
peaceful and focused Governor of Bayelsa State.
“This story is just another failed attempt to distract the
man that is single-minded on his developmental agenda for his state and who has
in the last six weeks devoted his time and energy to managing the devastating
flood that hit Bayelsa.
“The public is, therefore, advised to discountenance the
news as it lacks merit and has no bearing whatsoever with the Bayelsa Governor.
“Let it also be stated that there are consequences for publishing falsehood. The anonymity of the social media should not serve as shield for calumny and character assassination, with grave legal implications. “Unfortunately, those portals circulating this unverified post have fallen into the trap and its repercussions.”
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