The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo chose not to attend its presentation of Anti-Corruption Defender Award to him.
The centre changed its earlier position that Osinbajo’s award presentation was postponed to protest the ill-treatment of convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore.
Osinbajo had released a copy of a letter informing the WSCIJ of his inability to attend the award presentation, insisting that it would be “insensitive” to attend the event with the recent development concerning Sowore’s rearrest.
In a statement issued yesterday, WSCIJ’s Executive Director, Motunrayo Alaka, said, “We were wrong and the Vice-President is right.
“WSCIJ accepts the statement from the Vice President’s Office as the true position on its intended award to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
“An in-house communication gap caused the difference in the use of language…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
