The publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has taken to social media to share photos with Channels TV anchor Seun Okinbaloye in Newark, New Jersey, United States.Also, a writer and journalist Prof Farooq Kperogi via Facebook post on Saturday morning said that he spoke with Okinbaloye who confirmed the rumour was false and that he was in the US on vacation.
“Channel TV’s Seun Okinbaloye has NOT been fired, contrary to social media rumors doing the rounds,” he wrote.
This comes amid rumors of Okinbaloye’s sack on social media.
Sowore shared the photos on social media in the late hours of Friday, stating that they were taken some days ago.
Also, a writer and journalist Prof Farooq Kperogi via Facebook post on Saturday morning said that he spoke with Okinbaloye who confirmed the rumour was false and that he was in the US on vacation.
“Channel TV’s Seun Okinbaloye has NOT been fired, contrary to social media rumors doing the rounds,” he wrote.
“I communicated with him a few hours ago, and he said he is on vacation here in the United States and still very much in the employ of Channels TV.”
Kperogi quoted the broadcaster as saying “Prof, the whole story is fake news.”
Okinbaloye anchors Channels TV’s Politics Today show. Geoffrey Uzono has been holding the forth in Okinbaloye’s absence.
