{"id":2738,"date":"2024-07-10T13:49:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/online-news-platform-daybreak-news-retracts-report-alleging-neglect-of-group-of-ex-agitators-by-amnesty-boss-otuaro-says-report-is-untrue\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:23:40","slug":"online-news-platform-daybreak-news-retracts-report-alleging-neglect-of-group-of-ex-agitators-by-amnesty-boss-otuaro-says-report-is-untrue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/online-news-platform-daybreak-news-retracts-report-alleging-neglect-of-group-of-ex-agitators-by-amnesty-boss-otuaro-says-report-is-untrue\/","title":{"rendered":"Online News Platform, \u201cDaybreak News\u201d Retracts Publication Alleging Neglect Of Group Of Ex-Agitators By Amnesty Boss, Otuaro, Says The Publication Is untrue, Baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Freeborn Abraye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A publication issued by a faceless group who claims to be Ex Niger Delta Agitators, threatening to protest against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, High Chief Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro, have been retracted. The said publication was retracted by the Online News Platform, Daybreak.ng, on the premise that the publication is baseless and untrue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director of the Online News platform, Mr. Kumo George, who made this known to the public via a release issued on Wednesday 10th 2024. Has on the above premise, rendered his unreserved apologies to the Administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, for spreading such fake news, and have removed the publication from their platforms. Thereby, urging the general public to disregard the baseless allegations made against the PAP boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My attention has been drawned to a earlier report by our online publication about activities of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and Administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it has come to my notice that the reported Stories on \u201cEx agitators Vow to embark on Protest\u201d and Ex agitators which \u201caccused the PAP boss of neglect\u201d as presented by Commander Ekpo Ubog in a Press Statement dated 7th July 2024 and 4th July 2024 have been discovered to be untrue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daybreak online News platform has been progressively and positively reporting and covering activities of the presidential Amnesty Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Otuaro who is at the helm of affairs of the Amnesty Programme is a pragmatic and resourceful leader that has come to reposition the programme for the benefits of Niger Deltans by treating all beneficiaries equally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daybreak News platform will always adhere strictly to the international practice of the profession of objectivity, balance and accurate reporting of news stories across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tender my sincerest apologies for the mix up of stories and any harm it may have caused. Please accept my apology and enjoined the general public to ignore the reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freeborn Abraye A publication issued by a faceless group who claims to be Ex&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[577,576,316,578],"class_list":["post-2738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-daybreak-news-retracts-report-alleging-neglect-of-group-of-ex-agitators-by-amnesty-boss","tag-online-news-platform","tag-otuaro","tag-says-report-is-untrue"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_3816-3-1.png?fit=1080%2C761&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3300,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/12\/04\/pap-ijaw-technocrat-tom-willy-urges-amnesty-boss-dennis-otuaro-not-to-be-distracted-by-blackmails-media-attack-from-detractors-says-the-future-of-pap-lies-in-his-hands\/","url_meta":{"origin":2738,"position":0},"title":"PAP: Ijaw Technocrat Tom Willy Urges Amnesty Boss, Dennis Otuaro Not To Be Distracted By Blackmails, Media Attack From Detractors, Says The Future Of PAP Lies In His Hands","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"December 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye Ijaw leader, politician, and seasoned technocrat, Ambassador Tom Ebiakpo Willy, has called on the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), High Chief Dr. Dennis Burutu Otuaro, to disregard detractors and concentrate on delivering his mandate. 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