{"id":6089,"date":"2020-09-23T09:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T08:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2020-09-23T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T08:17:10","slug":"desmond-elliot-and-the-thesis-on-godfathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/desmond-elliot-and-the-thesis-on-godfathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Elliot and the thesis on godfathers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A viral post on Twitter and online news websites, PM News Nigeria<\/a> and All Naija Entertainment,<\/a> claimed that Nigerian politician and actor, Desmond Elliot, said \u201cthere\u2019s nothing wrong with godfatherism.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although none of the two stories have his exact words in the headlines attributed to his interview, with Dubawa\u2019s clarification, the claims by PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment is mostly true<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On PM News Nigeria, the post had the deadline, \u201cDesmond Elliot knocks Obaseki; says nothing wrong with godfatherism.\u201d Similarly, on All Naija Entertainment the headline reads, \u201cEdo Election: Nothing Is Wrong With Godfatherism \u2013 Desmond Elliot Fires Back At Obaseki.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The two websites culled the interview from Chris Osa Media Group <\/a> whom Desmond Elliot granted an interview while in Edo State for the APC gubernatorial campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on godfatherism in politics, Desmond Elliot said: \u201cIf not for Godfatherism would he (Obaseki), the incumbent governor be where he is today? A God-father looks after the interest of his people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, various news websites, like PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment reported  his godfatherism comment with different headlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another news website, Naija News Ng<\/a> wrote an article on this same story with the headline; \u201cGodfatherism Is Good And Will Continue \u2013 Desmond Elliot\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong>: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In what appears to be a strange station to stand on, Dubawa sought to verify the factual basis of the claim, as it was attributed to the famous actor. For this exercise, Dubawa watched the 15 minutes interview exclusively granted to him by Chris Osa Media Group<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was observed in the recording that even though he never said \u201cthere\u2019s nothing wrong with godfatherism\u201d or \u201cgodfatherism is good and will continue,\u201d he agreed with the need for godfatherism in politics and highlighted how beneficial it has been to him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video has been seen over twenty seven thousand times (27,000) with over 600 comments and 500 reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa reached out to Desmond Elliot for more clarification, and he agreed with the headlines while also emphasizing that indeed there\u2019s nothing wrong with Godfatherism. \u201cI\u2019m a product of someone who didn\u2019t think I had the political antecedent but yet gave me a chance, I owe him my loyalty\u201d \u201cHe (Asiwaju Tinubu) worked with Adams Oshiomole for 8 years, the least you owe him is loyalty, loyalty doesn\u2019t mean give me N10 from your N20,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although none of the two stories have his exact words in the headlines attributed to his interview, with Dubawa\u2019s clarification, the claims by PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment is mostly true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researcher produced this fact check per the DUBAWA 2020 FELLOWSHIP to facilitate the ethos of \u201ctruth\u201d in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A viral post on Twitter and online news websites, PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment, claimed that Nigerian politician and actor, Desmond Elliot, said \u201cthere\u2019s nothing wrong with godfatherism.\u201d\u00a0 Although none of the two stories have his exact words in the headlines attributed to his interview, with Dubawa\u2019s clarification, the claims by PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment is mostly true Full Text: On PM News Nigeria, the post had the deadline, \u201cDesmond Elliot knocks Obaseki; says nothing wrong with godfatherism.\u201d Similarly, on All Naija Entertainment the headline reads, \u201cEdo Election: Nothing Is Wrong With Godfatherism \u2013 Desmond Elliot Fires Back At Obaseki.\u201d  The two websites culled the interview from Chris Osa Media Group  whom Desmond Elliot granted an interview while in Edo State for the APC gubernatorial campaign. Speaking on godfatherism in politics, Desmond Elliot said: \u201cIf not for Godfatherism would he (Obaseki), the incumbent governor be where he is today? A God-father looks after the interest of his people.\u201d However, various news websites, like PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment reported  his godfatherism comment with different headlines.  Another news website, Naija News Ng wrote an article on this same story with the headline; \u201cGodfatherism Is Good And Will Continue \u2013 Desmond Elliot\u201d Verification:  In what appears to be a strange station to stand on, Dubawa sought to verify the factual basis of the claim, as it was attributed to the famous actor. For this exercise, Dubawa watched the 15 minutes interview exclusively granted to him by Chris Osa Media Group on Facebook. It was observed in the recording that even though he never said \u201cthere\u2019s nothing wrong with godfatherism\u201d or \u201cgodfatherism is good and will continue,\u201d he agreed with the need for godfatherism in politics and highlighted how beneficial it has been to him.  The video has been seen over twenty seven thousand times (27,000) with over 600 comments and 500 reactions. Dubawa reached out to Desmond Elliot for more clarification, and he agreed with the headlines while also emphasizing that indeed there\u2019s nothing wrong with Godfatherism. \u201cI\u2019m a product of someone who didn\u2019t think I had the political antecedent but yet gave me a chance, I owe him my loyalty\u201d \u201cHe (Asiwaju Tinubu) worked with Adams Oshiomole for 8 years, the least you owe him is loyalty, loyalty doesn\u2019t mean give me N10 from your N20,\u201d he said.  Conclusion Although none of the two stories have his exact words in the headlines attributed to his interview, with Dubawa\u2019s clarification, the claims by PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment is mostly true.  The researcher produced this fact check per the DUBAWA 2020 FELLOWSHIP to facilitate the ethos of \u201ctruth\u201d in journalism and enhance media literacy in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6091,"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":[210,5,437,123,16],"tags":[1431,115,204,1433,60,1421,1432],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1322],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-elections","category-facebook-checks","category-mainstream","category-politics","tag-desmond-elliot","tag-fact-check","tag-fake-news","tag-godfather","tag-nigeria","tag-obaseki","tag-tinubu"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-1Ad","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1322,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"michelle-agoh","display_name":"Michelle Agoh","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a962d01671d91eb8361a0fbfeb18022b1301d980e2ecbe39943aef33444d12d?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Agoh","first_name":"Michelle","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Desmond-Elliot.jpg?fit=1200%2C700&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}