Former Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva
Chief Julius Bokoru, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has questioned the pattern of reports on allegations linking his principal to an alleged coup plot.
Bokoru, in a statement issued on Friday, said some media reports of the matter, had gone beyond ordinary investigative reporting and appeared to be reinforcing a particular narrative against Sylva.
Bokoru stated that he had yet to establish contact with his principal since the controversy began, but stressed that his statement was not intended as an attack on investigative journalism.
He stated, “Nigerian journalism has, at its best, played a courageous and indispensable role in holding governments, institutions and powerful individuals to account.”
