Arise TV host Rufai Oseni has doubled down on old clips of Daniel Bwala—Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu—attacking his principal and other top government officials, posting another video shortly after the aide blasted him.
In the first video shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, the On-Air Personality posted a clip in which Bwala labelled Tinubu a tax collector and stated that the President did not build Lagos State, contrary to popular claims.
Reacting to the post, the presidential spokesperson took to the same platform to lambast the TV anchor, describing him as a “fake news peddler”.
Bwala wrote: ”Barely one hour after my interview with @seunokin, a major spokesman for Peter Obi, @ruffydfire—whose fortune today relies on hate, vitriol, and fake news peddled through his media outlets to generate revenue from the ignorance and gullibility of a set of people—has engaged his X handle to troll and generate revenue.
”That is his MO. Blood money is not only acquired through cultism and rituals; it is also acquired by taking advantage of the gullibility of the Obidients to generate followers, traffic, and viewership through promoting hate, vitriol, and fake news.”
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However, shortly after Bwala’s post made the rounds, Rufai shared yet another old video of the presidential aide, in which he allegedly linked Vice-President Kashim Shettima to terrorism.
In the video, Bwala, answering questions on a Channels TV programme, claimed that Shettima “was the governor around the time the mastermind of the Madala bombing was found in the Borno Government Lodge.”
He said: “There was a security report at the time, but he ignored it, and that was how the Chibok girls were kidnapped.
”He was the governor when the man who masterminded the Madala bombing was found in the Borno Government Lodge.”
When asked if he was proud of Shettima, Bwala outrightly replied, “No, I’m not.”