When you read
through posts by Oghenedoro Pedro Otega (alias Fejiro Oliver), you can see random insinuations that he is being used by Okowa and
Hilary. The question is: does Okowa or Hilary need the assistance of Fejiro to do
anything? What would either of them achieve through online attacks by someone
that is not a credible source?
There is no doubt
that Fejiro is a freelance mercenary and blackmailer, who attacks prominent people to induce
them into discussions. Most Deltans know that Fejiro is a born blackmailer. Why
should anyone then take him seriously. It is doubtful if he has any particular
paymaster, because he attacks anybody, both within and outside government.
It is therefore,
also irresponsible for anyone to associate anyone for that matter to any tirade
from Fejiro. It is better to respond to him directly than making and casting
unnecessary aspersions on innocent persons.
But media
owners and journalists need to resist any attempt to be used as mercenaries. Doing so hinders
the growth of online media and turns the admiration people ought to have for it
into disdain and contempt. A journalist who allows himself or herself to be
used as an agent of destruction, is not different from the proverbial goat
which aims at destroying the wall but ends up only losing its fur.
The power
of the media as a constructive and destructive force cannot be underestimated.
Hence the use of that power ought to be geared towards the desire and
willingness to ensure that the right things are done in the country.
Towards
that end, the core mandate of the online media should be directed at working to
sustain the peace and unity of this State
and country.
Fejiro and others like him, should retrace their steps
and work towards the restoration of oneness, respect for one another and the
common purpose of national development.
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