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FCT, Abuja - Lere Olayinka, media adjutant to Nyesom Wike, Nigeria's curate of the national superior territory (FCT), has erstwhile again tackled Reuben Abati, a fashionable broadcaster with Arise News.
On Sunday, June 8, Olayinka posted a past video of Abati connected his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, and said the second and different unit of Arise News "ain't comfy erstwhile they are served conscionable a small of the crockery they service others for breakfast".
Source: Twitter
Legit.ng recalls that successful the video, successful November 2024, Abati reacted furiously to his workfellow Ojy Okpe. Mixed reactions trailed Abati's furious absorption to his workfellow connected aerial astatine the time.
Backlash had trailed Abati’s commentary connected onshore acquisition successful 'Igboland'.
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, the broadcaster inferred that Igbos successful Nigeria’s south-east portion bash not merchantability onshore to “outsiders".
On Friday, November 22, 2024, Abati's inferior colleague, Okpe, revisited the erstwhile adjutant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan's remark and appeared to entity to it. She said she was lone fulfilling her journalistic work of presenting divers viewpoints. Abati was having nary of it, however.
He said:
“I was circumstantial astir what I said, I provided context. Nobody should archer maine immoderate nonsense."Reacting to the seeming statement astatine the time, respective X users posited that Abati was condescending to his workfellow erstwhile his instrumentality connected Igbos was 'questioned'.
Amid his ongoing feud with Arise News broadcasters, Olayinka brought backmost the video and wrote:
"Reuben Abati to his workfellow connected Arise News Morning Show:"'Nobody should archer maine immoderate NONSENSE... You can't travel and situation me, if you effort that, we volition fight.'"#ME:"They ain't comfy erstwhile they are served conscionable a small of the crockery they service others for breakfast. @abati1990."Olayinka vs Reuben Abati and Arise
Speaking connected ‘The Morning Show’, an Arise Television meal programme, connected Friday, June 6, 2025, Olayinka faulted Abati for his tirade against his principal, Wike.
Abati, a co-host of the programme, was not successful the workplace for the day’s variation of ‘The Morning Show’ erstwhile Olayinka came calling.
During an lawsuit organised to people his 60th birthday, Rotimi Amaechi, erstwhile curate of proscription and ex-Rivers governor, said similar millions of Nigerians, helium is “hungry”.
Amaechi noted that with the assistance of the opposition, President Bola Tinubu can beryllium removed from bureau successful the 2027 election.
During a caller media chat, Wike took a swipe astatine Amaechi implicit the hunger remark, dismissing it arsenic “politically-motivated”.
The FCT curate said Amaechi could not person been bare for nutrient aft 20 successful respective governmental positions.
Subsequently, Abati tore into Wike for his disapproval of Amaechi, adding that the FCT curate is being “disrespectful and rude” to those who played important roles successful his governmental career.
In a riposte to Abati connected Friday, June 6, Olayinka clashed with Abati's colleague, Rufai Oseni. Olayinka did not spare the erstwhile statesmanlike spokesperson too.
Lere Olayinka fires Dele Momodu
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Olayinka condemned the erstwhile spokesperson the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) statesmanlike run successful the 2023 wide election, Dele Momodu.
Olayinka, successful a tweet, quoted Momodu's connection accusing him of having dementia and that helium forgot past truthful soon, questioning his age. He noted that helium near Nigeria connected July 25, 1995, and ne'er returned until July 7, 1998.
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Source: Legit.ng
