Agency Report
Popular news Channel, Arise TV, has tendered an apology to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for reporting a false story regarding a purported criminal forfeiture case in the United States. .
A press statement dated Friday, November 11, 2022 and purportedly written by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had surfaced online at the start of the weekend.
in which it was stated that the electoral body had begun investigation to ascertain whether there was a criminal indictment against Tinubu in the U.S.
The misleading statement, attributed to the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, claimed INEC was liaising with the Northern Illinois District Court in the United States to establish facts about the case before taking a decision. . . .
