SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, (THEWILL) –The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity in the office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande, has clarified Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s statement on Federal Government’s plans to create a crisis communication centre to counter violent extremist narratives.
In a statement Wednesday, Akande said: “Comments of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, in the above titled press release were taken out of context by some of the papers and some of the reports misleading.
“There was no mention of “Rich Nigerians” anywhere in the release as some media reported. There was no reference to Nigerians at all. Also the Vice President was not raising any alarm of any kind.
“The Vice President was talking about the mindless ideologies of violent extremism and terrorism, and not about mindless people as some of the reports stated. He said such ideologies drew different people including those who were lured into terrorism with money and those who are well-to-do.
“This clarification is to set public records straight.”
