Journalist Kiki Mordi has responded to an allegation by her colleague Ruona Meyer that she has been dishonestly taking all the credits for the #SexForGrades project which exposed sexual harassment in Nigerian varsities.
Ms Mordi has won several awards for the story published by BBC Africa Eye in October 2019 using the University of Lagos as case study.
Following her latest recognition as winner of the 2020 Michael Elliott Award for African Storytelling over the project, Meyer tweeted on Thursday that Mordi should share the prize money with a female colleague simply named O. O. whom she claimed pitched the story and did the underground work.
“Kiki, make sure this time you at least share whatever prize money there is with O.O and acknowledge her – given this was all her story as pitched, sourced/started.
“Real journalists have honour and also hold themselves to account, not just the government,” Meyer wrote, adding that she was in “that newsroom when N.O and O.O pitched that story.”
Mordi responded, saying Meyer has been bitter towards her because she (Mordi) ended ties with Meyer.
“Every new day I win an award, Ruona loses it. I will never understand what I did to this woman besides unfollowing her on Twitter.
“The fact that I’m blocked makes it harder for me to even know what she’s talking about 😭 It’s always some bullshit, are you that bored?” Mordi asked.
“One minute you’re advising me on how to hog clout and not retweet Fisayo Soyombo’s story. Because I figured you were a vile person, you left me and found your next victim. 50 minutes call the first time you ever spoke to me was to tell me who to hate and who not to hate???” she added.
