Dr Kola Oredipe, the governor of Bayelsa State’s director of new media, has refuted the claim that Governor Douye Diri is responsible for the media leak of a naked film of the speaker of the Free State assembly, Zanele Sifuba.
Let it be understood without any ambiguity that Governor Diri does not know the alleged woman at the centre of the story and has had no communication with her or any other relationship with her, according to Dr Oredipe.
According to Obasanjonews24, Sifuba refused to pay a blackmailer R300,000 earlier this week, which led to the publication of a violent film of her.
Dr Oredipe reaffirmed that Gov. Diri has not visited South Africa in the last ten years in a statement that was released and submitted to Obasanjonews24 on Saturday.
The message disclosed that the alleged account is false and was only created on Thursday, November 10, 2022, and called the popular South African sex tale a frivolous diversion.
“Our attention has been called to a fake news story spreading online concerning Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State over an alleged nude video leak of a South African female lawmaker, Zanele Sifuba,” the statement adds.
For a story that first surfaced in South African media on October 31 and was first connected to a “Nigerian teenager,” it is clear that those responsible for the new twist created the parody account with the specific goal to damage the Bayelsa Governor’s reputation.
“Unfortunately, a few Nigerian internet sites hastened to broadcast the false news from the ‘Zanele Sifuba Facebook’ account without verifying the absurd charge against the governor of a state.
“While we have read of an alleged effort to blackmail her for R300,000, Governor Diri is certainly not the ‘young blackmailer.
“The public is thus urged to disregard the report since it is unfounded and has nothing to do with the governor of Bayelsa.
“Let it be known that posting a lie has repercussions. The anonymity of social media platforms shouldn’t be used as a cover for defamation and character assassination, as doing so might have serious legal repercussions. Sadly, the portals that are disseminating this unsubstantiated content have felled for the trap and its consequences.
