Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has denied media reports that he said kidnapping in Nigeria is exaggerated.
Speaking through his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, on Tuesday Osinbajo said the statement he made in New York on Nigeria’s security situation was quoted out of context.
“Our attention has been drawn to misleading reports in a section of the media purportedly made by and attributed to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on the security situation in Nigeria, in New York.
“For the purpose of clarity, and the records it is pertinent to state that Prof. Osinbajo was entirely misquoted and his words taken out of context in the said media reports especially those that quoted him as saying that ‘Kidnapping in Nigeria is exaggerated and not entirely new’
“Nowhere in the Vice President’s remarks at the town hall meeting with the Nigerian community did he use the word “exaggerated,” not even by implication.
“His remarks about the social media being hysterical was a general response to comments made by participants at the meeting about information on happenings in Nigeria especially as they relate to security being shared on social media platforms by unverified sources,” Akande’s statement reads.
