‘I want to talk to reasonable people’ — Wike’s aide tells Rufai Oseni

Senior Special Assistant to the FCT minister, Lere Olayinka, went into an altercation with ARISE Television presenter, Rufai Oseni, in a live television programme that took place on Friday.

The altercation between Olayinka and Oseni occurred as Olayinka was appearing in a TV show called “The Morning Show,” where he decided not to answer any of Oseni’s questions because the latter called others “emudani.”

The exchange followed a question from Oseni on the inclusion of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, in the presidential campaign council despite corruption allegations against her.

Rather than answer the question, Olayinka objected to what he said was Oseni’s earlier description of some people as “emudani” and said he would not take questions from the journalist.

“Well, I’m very sorry to say this, Oseni Rufai, I don’t want to answer any question from you. I want to concentrate.

“I want this conversation to be among reasonable human beings, people who will not come and tell, who will not come and describe other people as ‘emudani’,” Olayinka said.

Co-anchor of the programme, Ayo Mairo-Ese, intervened, reminding Olayinka that he was addressing all three anchors, including Reuben Abati, when he agreed to appear on the programme.

She subsequently brought the interview with the minister’s aide to an end, saying he could be invited again when he was “ready to speak to the three of us”.