Sowore, Sahara Reporters’ Founder Accuses Facebook Of Accepting Bribe From Saraki

In a post on his Facebook page , Omoleye Sowere the
founder of the online news media , Sahara reporters
accused Facebook of taking bribes from senate president
Bukola Saraki to shutdown his personal page and promote
a fake Sahara Reporters page named Saraha Reporters
Rescue and sponsored by the senate president .
Omoleye lamented being locked out by Facebook for
posting numbers of Senators loyal to Bukola Saraki while
the fake page was kept online despite also posting
numbers of the judge handling Saraki CCT trial. Sowore
also alleged that Saraki was funding the Fake page as a
reprisal for Sahara Reporters' publications about the
corruption trial faced by Bukola Saraki at the CCT .
See his post below :
Sahara Reporters has been at the forefront of media trial in
the corruption case involving the senate president at the
CCT. Some opinions have it that Omoloye Sowore and
Sahara reporters are being funded heavily by some
stalwarts of the APC who are after Saraki for deviating
from the APC ' s choice of senate presidency to form
alliance with the PDP which saw him come through as the
senate president .
Bukola Saraki recently claimed in an open letter sent to
Dele Momudu and circulated online that he is being
politically hunted because he opposed a Muslim /Muslim
ticket from the APC in the 2015 election. Indications point
to the claims that the Muslim/Muslim ticket was meant to
produce a Buhari /Tinubu ticket.
Sahara Reporters was obviously very vocal in the use of its
platform to promote the candidate of the APC , president
Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 elections . Till date,
Sahara Reporters' publications are still skewed in sympathy
with the APC . A position many readers see as " bias " and
dangerous for professional journalism .
Saraha Reporters' one -sided reportage has earned them a
reputation many think will lead to the collapse of sound
journalism in Nigeria. The founder , Sowore who came to
fame via a video circulation online of his defiance to
lateness exhibited by former minister of foreign affairs , Mrs
Viola Onwuliri during her visit to Nigerians living in the
United States during the Jonathan ' s administration has
somewhat deviated from his earlier activism spotlight to a
derailing status of paid blackmailing and image laundering.
Recent Attacks by Sahara Reporters on Saraki are
underscored by the fact that the authority to declare him
guilty lies with the court at which he is currently
undergoing trial. Many have opined that Saraki under the
law is presumed innocent until declared guilty by certified
court of law whose jurisprudence are insured by provisions
of the Nigerian law .
As at the time of filling this report neither Facebook nor
Saraki has responded to the allegations made against them
by Sowore .
Source : Facebook