This
downright false, fabricated and malicious report published by one Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi, the Editor-in-Chief
of the News Direct Newspaper, was
intended to blackmail the Fund and more particularly the Executive Secretary
into succumbing to the pecuniary demands of the author.
It
is important to know that the culprit has for many months inundated PTDF with
requests for placements of needless adverts, supplements and advertorials in
his obscure print and online news media.
The
willful attack on the corporate image of PTDF is obviously Dr. Ibiyemi’s
revenge for the failure of PTDF management to patronize him and his company.
Undoubtedly,
the motive for this malicious publication is to tarnish the hard-worn good
reputation of PTDF as well as subjecting government’s anti-corruption drive to
ridicule. This trend if allowed to continue has far reaching security
implications and portends danger to the polity.
While
the security agencies have been briefed on the matter, we are not foreclosing
the option of seeking legal redress in the law court.
The
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of News Direct and indeed other media that may have
reproduced the publication are hereby put on notice that within 7 days from
this publication, they do not cause a retraction of the offensive publication
to be made and given wide publicity in 3 national dailies as well as on their
online news media platform, the Fund will have no choice but to commence legal
action against them.
Signed
Management
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