The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council, has alerted members of the public on the nefarious activities of a group of people parading themselves as journalists from Federated Chapel, Ota Zone.
Great Achiever Magazine reports that the Secretary of Ogun State Council of NUJ, Bunmi Adigun, in a press release, stated that Federated Chapel, Ota Zone, is not known to NUJ Ogun Council as Zonal Chapels are alien to the constitution of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.
Adigun disclosed that the fraudulent and illegal Zonal Chapel in Ota, led by one Mr Tunji Egbewunmi, popularly called Octagon is only trying to thrive on and create confusion through the inflections of one of the recognised Chapels in NUJ Ogun Council – Federated Chapel.
He said: “The attention of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council, has been drawn to unscrupulous activities of a group of impostors attempting to impersonate our identity as journalists while claiming to belong to Federated Chapel, Ota Zone.
“The Nigeria Union of Journalists is an ethical organisation with her operations hinged on clear principled ethos and organisational structure as enshrined in the constitution of the Union.
“As such, the Union is shocked and disappointed that some people could, under the guise of Federated Chapel, Ota Zone, led by one Mr Tunji Egbewunmi, popularly called Octagon, take advantage of the love and respect the Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr (Mrs) Noimot Salako-Oyedele, has for journalists to exhibit their disdain for constitutionality and flagrant disregard for ethics and ethos of the profession with a view to turning our enviable Union to a lawless fiefdom.
“For the records, Federated Chapel, Ota Zone is not known to us in NUJ Ogun Council as Zonal Chapels are alien to the constitution of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. Therefore the fraudulent and illegal Zonal Chapel in Ota and its members are only trying to thrive on and create confusion through the inflections of one of the recognised Chapels in NUJ Ogun Council – Federated Chapel”.
Adigun therefore urged members of the public, government functionaries, corporate organizations, media stakeholders and eminent personalities not to have any dealings whatsoever with the group and also be a lot more weary, particularly in these times of the endemic infestation of fake journalists who are incidentally purveyors of fake news.
He advised members of the public to always get in touch with the Secretariat of Ogun State Council of NUJ before agreeing to any dealing or relationship with people whose identities are in doubt or any group whose letterheads bear NUJ.
