Linda Ikeji has retracted her claims that Punch Online Editor, John Abayomi, is the owner of instablog9ja, backing her claims with the picture of the seasoned online journalist.
Linda Ikeji revealed what she called an exclusive sometimes last week on who the owner of instablog9ja is, according to a retraction on her blog, it turns out that the original owner only shares names with the Punch editor.
In her publication, Linda took responsibility for the mistake and pointed that John Abayomi Aruleba is the actual owner, not John Abayomi.
It would be recalled that lawyer to the Punch Editor, Femi Falana, has given her an ultimatum to retract her statement on what it termed fake news.
“In an article on Linda Ikeji’s Blog titled “LIB exclusive: Meet the owner of Instablog9ja – John Abayomi” published on November 15, 2018 John Abayomi was mistakenly identified by his picture as the owner of Instablog9ja.
“This mistake was as a result of the exact similarities in the names of John Abayomi who is an Online Editor with Punch and another John Abayomi Aruleba who is the actual owner of Instablog9ja.
“The picture identification mistake from our staff was sadly as a result of the uncanny yet not uncommon similarities in the names of these two individuals.
“LIB is happy to set the record straight, take full responsibility for the mix-up as we tender our unreserved apology to John Abayomi of Punch Newspapers for any inconvenience this mistake has caused.
“Our publication was meant to reveal the identity of John Abayomi Aruleba (pictured above), the owner of instablog9ja who shares the same business address as his father, Dr Aruleba owner of Aruking herbal herbs with business address in Lagos.
“The fact however still remains that John Abayomi Aruleba runs Instablog9ja with his partner, Tosin Dotun Adeyemi,” she wrote on her blog.
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