{"id":32375,"date":"2020-09-24T14:21:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32375"},"modified":"2020-09-24T14:21:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:21:52","slug":"ize-iyamu-says-he-didnt-beg-obaseki-to-return-to-apc-after-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32375","title":{"rendered":"Ize-Iyamu says he didn\u2019t beg Obaseki to return to APC after election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has described news reports that he asked the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to APC as false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ize-Iyamu<\/a> who spoke through his campaign organisation, in a statement by the Director of Communication and Media, Prince John Mayaki, called on the traditional media to verify news information before publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, while he noted that those circulating the news are tools of the opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG) said: \u201cMany media houses have once again lent themselves to the fabrications of Obaseki and the PDP, as they did throughout the campaigns and the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe warned many times the media should beware of fabrications from Obaseki and the PDP\u2019s camp, but they did not listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is why they have reported that the election was free and fair, and that is why they have said our candidate pleaded with Obaseki to come back to APC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018\u2019The video in reference is from three months ago, not after the election but doctored by Obaseki\u2019s media handlers to seek undue legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wonder if the media were being sponsored by Obaseki<\/a> and the PDP, as it seems implausible that they actually believed the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is even more so, when reporters in Benin City would report Pastor Ize-Iyamu, who is currently in Abuja, where the various media organisations are also domiciled, this is to tell you the suspicion inherent in the viral video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPastor Ize-Iyamu was reported in the stories as speaking from Abuja but it was the Benin reporters that covered the story. Were the reporters transported to Abuja?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo these media agencies actually believe the stories they carry? Obaseki and the PDP have a way of leaking false news to the media. The media have to be sensitive and professional in receiving these news.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has described news reports that he asked the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to APC as false. Ize-Iyamu who spoke through his campaign organisation, in a statement by the Director of Communication and Media, Prince John […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIze-Iyamu says he didn\u2019t beg Obaseki to return to APC after election » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32375\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32375#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ize-Iyamu says he didn\u2019t beg Obaseki to return to APC after election\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ize-Iyamu says he didn\u2019t beg Obaseki to return to APC after election » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32375","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32375#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ize-Iyamu says he didn\u2019t beg Obaseki to return to APC after election"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has described news reports that he asked the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to APC as false. Ize-Iyamu who spoke through his campaign organisation, in a statement by the Director of Communication and Media, Prince John…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32375"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}