{"id":2767,"date":"2019-08-07T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:12:47","slug":"did-president-buhari-ever-call-for-a-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/did-president-buhari-ever-call-for-a-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Did President Buhari Ever Call For A Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CLAIM:<\/strong> Just like Sowore, President Buhari called for a revolution in 2011&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#586876\" class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CONCLUSION:<\/strong> <strong>SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION<\/strong>, President Muhammadu Buhari did call for a revolution albeit through the polls<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FULL STORY<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><hr \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBuhari has been accused of hypocrisy by Nigerians following the arrest of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talktonnamdi\/status\/1158125925797638146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#Sowore<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn 2011, General Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), called for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naijalivetv.com\/flashback-in-2011-general-buhari-called-for-a-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Nigeria\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFLASH BACK: How Buhari Called for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NGRWailers\/status\/1158041217738903552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2011 To Oust Goodluck Jonathan\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are a few of the viral posts circulating across varied media and news platforms\u2026all varied in their conveyance but with a unified message. So, what is the origin of all this apparent digital unrest? The uproar in the media space surfaced after Mr Omoleye Sowore, the presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC) was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) on accounts of calling on and mobilizing the public for a revolution against the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is perhaps what sparked the responses from many on social media. The consensus being the question &#8211; if President Muhammadu Buhari had severally, during his failed presidential bids, called for a revolution against past governments, why is Mr Omoleye Sowore facing arraignment on similar charges?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is of course contrasted against the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201102140653.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published by the President\u2019s then Spokesman, Yinka Odumakin in February 2011. In the statement, Buhari asked Nigerians to make exceptional sacrifices to assert their collective will in the country, referencing Egypt\u2019s 18-day peaceful revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;Muhammadu Buhari, has urged Nigerians to draw lessons from the 18-day peaceful revolution which saw Hosni Mubarak quit as Egyptian President last Friday and effect a regime change in Nigeria using the ballot box in April<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2014\/11\/buhari-amaechi-others-protest-rally-fg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">occasion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, three years later, the President would be found inciting the same revolutionary actions Sowore is being arraigned for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APC is out to make sure that we stop lousy system by voting PDP out. Vote out the PDP next year. If you want a secure and efficient Nigeria, you just have to do that. No alternative. Make sure you get your permanent voters\u2019 cards<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These were some of the remarks made by Buhari in Nov. 2014 at a mega protest tagged ` Salvation Rally\u2019 with thousands of party supporters in Abuja. He accused the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP-led Federal Government of playing politics with Boko Haram. He also accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP of gross incompetence and unprecedented display of impunity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet another instance, the All Progressives Congress (APC) with President Buhari as their flag bearer, supported \u201crevolution inciting\u201d comments by party members. Here, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/171627-apc-vows-form-parallel-government-2015-elections-rigged.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that if the 2015 elections are rigged, the party will not recognize the outcome and will go ahead and form a parallel government. The then National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said that what Mr. Amaechi said at the APC\u2019s &#8216;Salvation&#8217; in 2014 was simply to reiterate the stand taken by the party before the last Osun State Governorship election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For us, the gloves are off. We will no longer engage in any nicety as long as some people are bent on thwarting the will of the people through electoral fraud. All we are demanding is a free, fair and credible election. All we are saying is that no one should incite the people by stealing their mandate. How these demands can be construed to mean treason is as baffling as the do-or-die disposition of the ruling PDP to elections<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d the party said.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>CONTRASTING WITH SOWORE\u2019S TWEETS<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><hr \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNigeria needs a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeleSowore\/status\/1151899008874569728?s=09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Not War&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c#<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeleSowore\/status\/1155468475005095936?s=09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RevolutionNow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> August 5 marks the beginning of Days of Rage until the regime of intolerance, oppression and corruption is put to final shame!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn August 5th we are going to ask our terrible leaders to \u201ctake a bow and get out\u201d &#8230;we can\u2019t allow this to continue, this country is not working for a majority\u201d &#8211; Comrade Nosa addressing #<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeleSowore\/status\/1156597989298921473?s=09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RevolutionNow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meeting.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cMonday August 5 is the D-Day. Join the #<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeleSowore\/status\/1155802187513118721?s=09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RevolutionNow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> movt. Occupy the highways, waterways, occupy the market square, city centers, government offices, march, rally, protest, #Revolt against the wicked, insensitive, corrupt, barbaric and unjust system of oppression in Nigeria\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen they done with the Shiites, they will go after everyone! Only a #<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YeleSowore\/status\/1156481861247520768?s=09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RevolutionNow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help put an end to the @MBuhari regime\u2019s impunity\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outright call to acts of violence and general misdemeanour are themes that are absent from Sowore\u2019s tweets. Such <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">themes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are requisite for said acts (actions or words) to be deemed revolutionary in nature. However, going by the second definition of revolution in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambridge Dictionary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, his actions would be deemed revolutionary &#8211; consequent on the fact that the ethos of his message is basically a call to change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although, this is not the type of revolution one is usually prosecuted for\u2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversely, from the tweets, it was not outrightly called a \u201cpeaceful-protest\u201d. This, however, is not grounds for prosecution as the messages are subject to opinionated interpretation as to what it is or isn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonetheless, the police have already deemed the planned protest an act of terrorism and threatened a clampdown on participants. It was further remarked that Mr Sowore had been in touch with foreign actors to destabilize Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was taken into <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/344723-just-in-sss-confirms-arresting-sowore-gives-reasons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">custody<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because he called for a revolution in Nigeria<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, SSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, told reporters in Abuja Sunday afternoon. His exact whereabouts remain unknown as no official statement has been made by the SSS regarding this, and a court date for arraignment has not been set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having already established the subjectivity around the matter of whether Mr Sowore\u2019s incited a \u201crevolution\u201d, the next logical question would be if it is a crime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Channels TV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> release gave his two cents on the matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dancing on the street saying we don\u2019t want bad governance; how does that amount to treason? Unreasonable felony<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/more-news\/344861-sowore-buhari-is-allergic-to-criticism-ozekhome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illogical<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the word he used to describe the allegation made by the Nigerian police with regards to describing the planned protests as \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">treasonable felony and acts of terrorism<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cT<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat allegation is most plural, most damning and most illogical from the government or security spokespersons<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026\u201d he remarked. He further goes on to reference the Nigerian constitution for a more accurate definition of treason as the act of overthrowing the sovereign government of a state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana also had much to say on the issue\u2026\u201dI<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">f revolution has become a criminal offence in Nigeria why were the leaders of the APC not charged for claiming to have carried out Nigeria\u2019s democratic revolution which terminated the 16-year rule of the PDP in 2015?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d He <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2019\/08\/05\/sowore-femi-falana-blasts-buhari-govt-insists-protest-march-not-treason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remarked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the Force had capitalized on the use of the word \u201crevolution\u201d to criminalize the protests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CONCLUSION:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citing from the established definitions of revolution, we can see that both parties are technically guilty as they both urge people to change their paradigm. More so, according to the constitution, treason is an act of overthrowing the sovereign government of a state\u2026 whether or not the actions of both parties could have led to this is debatable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, what is clear is that the only difference between the revolution Sowore called for and Buhari&#8217;s revolution was that President Buhari during his protest asked for revolution through the ballot while Sowore called for his after the elections had been conducted and won. So the question of whether his actions would have eventually led to destabilizing (or overthrowing) the government (albeit a stretch) &#8211; giving the Police grounds for prosecution on the charges of treason &#8211; remains a matter to be contemplated.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/><hr \/><hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>This fact-check was done by a Dubawa Fact-checking Fellow in collaboration with The News Agency of Nigeria, a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria with substantial reach and mobility across the 36 states of the country.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLAIM: Just like Sowore, President Buhari called for a revolution in 2011&nbsp; CONCLUSION: SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION, President Muhammadu Buhari did call for a revolution albeit through the polls FULL STORY: \u201cBuhari has been accused of hypocrisy by Nigerians following the arrest of #Sowore\u2026\u201d \u201cIn 2011, General Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), called for a revolution in Nigeria\u2026\u201d \u201cFLASH BACK: How Buhari Called for a Revolution in 2011 To Oust Goodluck Jonathan\u201d These are a few of the viral posts circulating across varied media and news platforms\u2026all varied in their conveyance but with a unified message. So, what is the origin of all this apparent digital unrest? The uproar in the media space surfaced after Mr Omoleye Sowore, the presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC) was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) on accounts of calling on and mobilizing the public for a revolution against the government. This is perhaps what sparked the responses from many on social media. The consensus being the question &#8211; if President Muhammadu Buhari had severally, during his failed presidential bids, called for a revolution against past governments, why is Mr Omoleye Sowore facing arraignment on similar charges? This is of course contrasted against the statement published by the President\u2019s then Spokesman, Yinka Odumakin in February 2011. In the statement, Buhari asked Nigerians to make exceptional sacrifices to assert their collective will in the country, referencing Egypt\u2019s 18-day peaceful revolution. \u201c&#8230;Muhammadu Buhari, has urged Nigerians to draw lessons from the 18-day peaceful revolution which saw Hosni Mubarak quit as Egyptian President last Friday and effect a regime change in Nigeria using the ballot box in April.\u201d On another occasion, three years later, the President would be found inciting the same revolutionary actions Sowore is being arraigned for. \u201cAPC is out to make sure that we stop lousy system by voting PDP out. Vote out the PDP next year. If you want a secure and efficient Nigeria, you just have to do that. No alternative. Make sure you get your permanent voters\u2019 cards.\u201d\u00a0 These were some of the remarks made by Buhari in Nov. 2014 at a mega protest tagged ` Salvation Rally\u2019 with thousands of party supporters in Abuja. He accused the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP-led Federal Government of playing politics with Boko Haram. He also accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP of gross incompetence and unprecedented display of impunity.\u00a0 Yet another instance, the All Progressives Congress (APC) with President Buhari as their flag bearer, supported \u201crevolution inciting\u201d comments by party members. Here, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State said that if the 2015 elections are rigged, the party will not recognize the outcome and will go ahead and form a parallel government. The then National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said that what Mr. Amaechi said at the APC\u2019s &#8216;Salvation&#8217; in 2014 was simply to reiterate the stand taken by the party before the last Osun State Governorship election. \u201cFor us, the gloves are off. We will no longer engage in any nicety as long as some people are bent on thwarting the will of the people through electoral fraud. All we are demanding is a free, fair and credible election. All we are saying is that no one should incite the people by stealing their mandate. How these demands can be construed to mean treason is as baffling as the do-or-die disposition of the ruling PDP to elections,\u201d the party said. \u00a0CONTRASTING WITH SOWORE\u2019S TWEETS \u201cNigeria needs a Revolution, Not War&#8230;\u201d \u201c#RevolutionNow August 5 marks the beginning of Days of Rage until the regime of intolerance, oppression and corruption is put to final shame!\u201d \u201cOn August 5th we are going to ask our terrible leaders to \u201ctake a bow and get out\u201d &#8230;we can\u2019t allow this to continue, this country is not working for a majority\u201d &#8211; Comrade Nosa addressing #RevolutionNow meeting.\u201d \u00a0\u201cMonday August 5 is the D-Day. Join the #RevolutionNow movt. Occupy the highways, waterways, occupy the market square, city centers, government offices, march, rally, protest, #Revolt against the wicked, insensitive, corrupt, barbaric and unjust system of oppression in Nigeria\u201d \u201cWhen they done with the Shiites, they will go after everyone! Only a #RevolutionNow can help put an end to the @MBuhari regime\u2019s impunity\u201d Outright call to acts of violence and general misdemeanour are themes that are absent from Sowore\u2019s tweets. Such themes are requisite for said acts (actions or words) to be deemed revolutionary in nature. However, going by the second definition of revolution in the Cambridge Dictionary, his actions would be deemed revolutionary &#8211; consequent on the fact that the ethos of his message is basically a call to change.\u00a0 Although, this is not the type of revolution one is usually prosecuted for\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 Conversely, from the tweets, it was not outrightly called a \u201cpeaceful-protest\u201d. This, however, is not grounds for prosecution as the messages are subject to opinionated interpretation as to what it is or isn\u2019t.\u00a0 Nonetheless, the police have already deemed the planned protest an act of terrorism and threatened a clampdown on participants. It was further remarked that Mr Sowore had been in touch with foreign actors to destabilize Nigeria.\u00a0 \u201cHe was taken into custody because he called for a revolution in Nigeria\u201d, SSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, told reporters in Abuja Sunday afternoon. His exact whereabouts remain unknown as no official statement has been made by the SSS regarding this, and a court date for arraignment has not been set. Having already established the subjectivity around the matter of whether Mr Sowore\u2019s incited a \u201crevolution\u201d, the next logical question would be if it is a crime.\u00a0 Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in a Channels TV release gave his two cents on the matter.\u00a0 \u201cDancing on the street saying we don\u2019t want bad governance; how does that amount to treason? Unreasonable felony?\u201d Illogical was the word he used to describe the allegation made by the Nigerian police with regards to describing the planned protests as \u2018treasonable felony and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[347],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[898],"class_list":["post-2767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-ID","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":898,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"ebere-agozie","display_name":"Ebere Agozie","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ff1c8eb9334e6c93092906f1f94f42894f613e71233f5c9af592bc26a26cf79?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Agozie","first_name":"Ebere","job_title":"","description":"<strong>Ebere Agozie<\/strong> is a Senior Correspondent with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) with a staff strength of about 880, Joined in 2014 as a correspondent. Currently covering Agriculture and Environment beats from the headquarters of the Agency in Abuja. She had covered other beats including Culture and Entertainment, and Science and Technology, with reportage on different themes.\r\n\r\nHer works were aired on multiple networks through the NAN platform. She is also the winner of the 2018 COORDINATOR'S OPEN FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY(OFAB) MEDIA AWARD FOR BEST PRINT REPORTER\".\r\n\r\nPrior to joining NAN, she was the Operations Manager, AULIC Nigeria Limited, the concessionaire of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex - 2012; Head, Public Relations and Corporate Affairs, Aulic Nigeria Limited from 2009 to 2012. She rose from the position of the Public Relations Officer to Head of Public Affairs at FABER Expressions, a Radio\/Television Production firm \u2013 2000-2009.\r\n\r\nShe is a graduate of Mass Communications from the Institute of Management and Technology(IMT), Enugu, (HND) -1998. 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