Renowned constitutional lawyer, Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has described as many lies a trending report alleging that “reactions have trailed video of near hundred of clay pots of sacrifices scattered a few meters away from his Lagos apartment.”
In a statement titled “Trailerload Calabashes Of Sacrifices By Satanic Forces Cannot Affect Me, An Anointed Child Of God”, Ozekhome pointed out that the dump location of the calabashes of alleged sacrifice is not near his “former residence” at all by any stretch of the imagination.
He said: “The Church Bus Stop mentioned in the story is situate on Ikotun-Igando road, Igando, well over a quarter of a kilometer far removed from my former residence situate at No 1,Mike Ozekhome Lane, Igando, Alimosho LGA, Lagos. I no longer live in the said premises, having relocated from Igando, Lagos, to Abuja, many years ago.
“I have been laughing in VERNACULAR since this evening when my attention was first drawn to a banal trending story on the social media, titled, “OUTRAGE AS ENTRANCE TO MIKE OZEKHOME’S HOUSE IN IKOTUN-IGANDONIS LITTERED WITH CALABASHES OF SACRIFICE” (news.phxfeeds.com ).”
“I would have completely ignored the story, but for the fact that numerous calls have since kept pouring in, all callers worried about my safety. Keep your peace, my loving fellow compatriots, for I am hale, hearty and covered with the blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who fights my battles for me ( Exodus 14:14 ). The said alarmist story is largely baseless, funny and phony.
“That is why I have never stopped laughing. I am now used to such jejune and insipid stories which I am told is part of the fate of a “celebrity lawyer”, as many are want to regard and call me. I thank God Almighty for making me whom it pleased Him to make me of-a resonating story of “grass-to-grace”. What has the write-up got to do with me, even when the entire contents are laid out bare, completely stripped of the screaming headline? NOTHING!!! It was just tied to my name to make it hot and trend. And in this, it has succeeded, for it has been trending.”
Madukwe B. Nwabuisi is an accomplished journalist renown for his fearless reporting style and extensive expertise in the field. He is an investigative journalist, who has established himself as a kamikaze reporter.
