Former Governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, and father of
US-trained journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, has reacted to reports making the
rounds that he disowned his daughter.
Earlier today, a report in an online medium had it that the former
governor had disowned his daughter, saying she is a disgrace to the
entire family and as such, everyone should ignore and disregard her
rants.
Her father has however denied granting any interview of such.
The ex-governor, in a statement on his Facebook page via his PA, wrote: “TO ALL NIGERIANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
“I have NOT released any statement of any kind about my daughter Kemi
Omololu-Olunloyo denouncing her social media posts. There is a fake
statement floating around websites which I learned about.
“Some of the contents are absolutely false. She has never been to
Ireland nor landed in jail anywhere where the late Okunade Sijuwade had
to bail her out.
“There is an Aboderin character that I have learned about whom I’m
told is impersonating her on Instagram and other social media platforms
attacking our family.
“A similar letter purported to have been written to Aboderin by me is
also false. If anyone paid attention to my 2013 Punch newspapers
interview, I commended Kemi’s views on social media telling the reporter
Atoyebi “Kemi’s views are her views, you can’t change her.
“I am not aware of Kemi’s decision to quit reporting Nigerian news
until now so she is NOT responding to my fake statement floating out
there.
“Please disregard the endless impersonation and degrading of the
Olunloyo family. I am not a fan of social media and this Facebook page
was opened because of the rumors that circulated the internet during my
2010 illness saying that I was DEAD.
“This page serves the purpose of ending such rumours. Once again, I
did NOT send out any statement regarding my daughter on social media. My
number is public and any credible media outlet calls me for interviews
not statements,” the former governor added in the statement.
The social critic, on her part, said her father will never write such about her.
Ms Olunloyo attributed the “defamation of character” to her feud with one Tokunbo Aboderin.
The Dublin/Ireland-based woman speaking in Yoruba, had rained curses
on Ms Olunloyo for questioning and reporting investigative news about
Nigerian celebrities.
The duo had been at loggerheads for quite some time and according to
Ms Olunloyo, Aboderin, who is looking at gaining cheap popularity, is at
it again, dragging her father into it.
Ms. Olunloyo, responding to the allegations in a statement made
available to naijatrics ear, said, “So much obsession of my father with
Tokunbo Aboderin. She has now sent a FAKE statement to the bloggers and
Premium Times saying my father denounced my social media posts and
that’s why I’m quitting Nigerian news.
“My dad has just released a statement which his PA just updated. I
just got the call. Now a bunch of Nigerians are brainwashed. The same
thing when Aboderin impersonated me on instagram attacking Toyin
Aimakhu. Some bloggers did not notice that the page was an impersonation
designed to attack me.
“And I don’t know or ever met this woman. She is reaching the end and
at her breaking point. Abeg let the man rest Tokunbo. He doesn’t
remember you! He was really pissed off when I talked to him on the
phone,” she added.
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