Sylva Aide Faults Reports Linking Ex-Minister to Coup
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, Julius Bokoru, has questioned the pattern and sourcing of reports concerning allegations linking his principal to an alleged coup plot.
In a statement issued yesterday, Bokoru said some coverage of the matter, appeared to have repeatedly presented the allegations in ways that could shape public perception before the claims were established through due process.
Bokoru said he had been unable to establish contact with Sylva since the controversy emerged, but stressed that his comments were not intended to undermine investigative journalism.
