{"id":34900,"date":"2019-09-27T07:21:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T06:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=34900"},"modified":"2019-09-27T07:21:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T06:21:40","slug":"timi-frank-exposed-as-atikus-hireling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/timi-frank-exposed-as-atikus-hireling\/","title":{"rendered":"Timi Frank Exposed As Atiku\u2019s Hireling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Political activist, Timi Frank came under fire last night following a retraction by a National Daily Newspaper of a libelous statement made by him against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In retracting the story alleging that the nation\u2019s number two citizen received N90b cash from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to prosecute the 2019 presidential polls, Vanguard newspaper stated that it found out that Frank\u2019s claim lacked \u201cfactual basis\u201d, thus expressing unreserved apology to Professor Osinbajo for the embarrassment the publication may have caused him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The development sparked off sharp reactions from political circuits with the preponderant view that Frank is a political mercenary carrying out a brief from his mentor and benefactor, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some respondents enjoined the media to be wary of political jobbers who skillfully present falsehood in fanciful package and plant same in the media space to achieve sinister objectives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Frank\u2019s latest antics were said to be part of a series of stunts put together by Atiku to discredit APC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The young man\u2019s campaign of calumny against the Vice President is deliberate and the aim is to discredit APC in order to whip up public sentiments for Atiku. I tell you the point-by-point dismissal of his (Atiku\u2019s) petition by the election petition tribunal has devastated them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cReally, the judgement by the tribunal thoroughly exposed them as frivolous in thinking. Now, they believe the only way they can help their case is by raking up mud against a principal officer of the Buhari government in order to look good at the Supreme Court.\u201d A source revealed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Frank was said to have started life as \u201ca political jobber in Bayelsa during the administration of D. S. P. Alamiesiegha with reputation for doing any dirty job.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At the founding of All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014, the Bayelsa-born politician was nominated and sponsored to become the deputy Publicity Secretary of the party by a Atiku.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">More so, he was said to have revealed himself as \u201cdivisive influence\u201d who delighted in working against party interest and opposing popular views at party meetings \u201cjust to attract attention to himself.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">His real agenda became clearer when he started issuing unauthorized statements as APC\u2019s deputy publicity secretary to the embarrassment of the leadership of Chief John Odigie Oyegun and became a willing tool in the sustained campaign to discredit the party and shove Oyegun aside.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Unexpectedly, he joined the bandwagon of Atiku when the latter eventually decamped from APC last year to vie for the presidency on PDP\u2019s platform.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Story by:Our Reporter<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political activist, Timi Frank came under fire last night following a retraction by a National Daily Newspaper of a libelous statement made by him against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. 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