Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri through Dr Kola Oredipe, his Director, New Media has reacted to the viral s*x tape of a South African lawmaker, Zanele Sifuba.
Oredipe denied the post linking Governor Diri to the allegation of the nude video leak of the Free State legislature speaker, Sifuba being circulated in the media.
Zanele Sifuba does not seem to remember the face of the lover who betrayed her as she picked the portrait of the governor and posted on her Facebook page as her estranged aggrieved partner.
She said: “This is the picture of the man who leaked our video. He is my lover whom I trusted. A Nigerian Official, by name Douye Diri.
“I trusted him with my life, but he betrayed me.”
“Please share for the whole world to know the kind of man he is.”
In his reaction, Dr Oredipe, said “Let it be stated without any equivocation that Governor Diri does not know and has had no contact nor relationship with the said woman at the centre of the scandal.”
Reports say that a graphic video of Sifuba was leaked earlier this week after she allegedly refused to pay a blackmailer R300,000.
In a statement made available to Daily Post, on Saturday, Dr Oredipe, reiterated that Gov. Diri has also not been to South Africa in the last 10 years.
The statement, which described the trending South African sex story as a mere distraction, also revealed that the said account is fake and was only created on Thursday, November 10, 2022.
The statement reads “Our attention has been drawn to a fake news circulating online about Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State over an alleged nude video leak of a South African female legislator, Zanele Sifuba.
“For a scandal that initially appeared on the South African media space on October 31 and was first linked to a ‘Nigerian youth,’ it is obvious those behind the new twist opened the parody account with the deliberate intention to tarnish the image of the Bayelsa Governor.
“Sadly, even without any effort to confirm the ridiculous allegation against the governor of a state, a few Nigerian online platforms rushed to publish the fake news from the ‘Zanele Sifuba Facebook’ account without investigating its source.
“While we have read about a purported attempt to collect R300,000 from her, the ‘young blackmailer’ is certainly not Governor Diri.
“Ask the question: why would a governor of an oil-rich state resort to blackmail for a mere R300,000 (about N8 million). This is simply ridiculous.
“Clearly, political mischief-makers have gone on overdrive in their desperation to tarnish the reputation of a hard working, calm, peaceful and focused Governor of Bayelsa State.
“This story is just another failed attempt to distract the man that is single-minded on his developmental agenda for his state and who has in the last six weeks devoted his time and energy to managing the devastating flood that hit Bayelsa.
“The public is, therefore, advised to discountenance the news as it lacks merit and has no bearing whatsoever with the Bayelsa Governor.
“Let it also be stated that there are consequences for publishing falsehood. The anonymity of the social media should not serve as shield for calumny and character assassination, with grave legal implications. “Unfortunately, those portals circulating this unverified post have fallen into the trap and its repercussions.”
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