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Private Facts and Public Opinions

I saw a headline yesterday Nnamdi Kanu Shocks The World, Releases Shocking Bloody Evidence Against Bola Tinubu. It is probably the the depth to which journalism can sink to in the new quest for traffic. In the piece, the Nnamdi Kanu accused Tinubu of championing the case for a sovereign national conference and then abandoning the conference after they (APC) got into power because he lacks honour. Dear readers this is a democracy, everyone is entitled to hold an opinion but not their own facts. We must share the facts. If we cannot get, state and verify facts, what is the proof of our civility and education? In Obama's voice, now let me clear, I'm not holding brief for Tinubu or anyone in the APC for that matter. The ruling party is a disgrace to democracy. This piece is about stating the facts and the facts are the basis for an informed opinion. Where one has skewed facts or deliberately distorts them, he is guilty of weaponizing the facts and that is unacceptable. Tinubu refus