The board of editors of THISDAY Newspapers and The ARISE News Channel have accused two senior campaign officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign officials of attempting to influence the redeployment of Shaka Momodu, THISDAY Editor, and Rufai Oseni, ARISE News broadcaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a joint statement issued on Monday, the group fingered Bayo Onanuga, APC’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC)’s Director of Media and Publicity, and Dele Alake, the party’s director of strategic communication, of attempting to silence independent media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their position was captured in a joint statement titled \u201cTinubu and THISDAY\/ARISE Media Group and the Attack on Free Speech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement read in part, \u201cWe also note that two senior APC campaign officials had separately requested that we move THISDAY Editor and columnist,Shaka Momodu, and The Morning Show co-host on ARISE News, Rufai Oseni, from their current positions to stop the attacks or get reprieve from a future Tinubu presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Boards of Editors of THISDAY Newspapers and the ARISE News Channel would like to state without equivocation that we do not fire journalists because of their views.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n