Two deputy editors of THISDAY Newspapers Limited have been suspended indefinitely. According to THISDAY the affected deputy editors are Mr. Olawale Olaleye and Mr. Yemi Ajayi.
The Deputy editors were suspended over a story entitled “Drama as US Embassy Denies Bishop Oyedepo Visa,” published last Friday, which claimed that Bishop Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, was denied visa by the US Embassy.
However, the US Embassy denied the reports stating clearly it was false.
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“Be advised, the reports making the rounds about a visa being denied to Nigerian Bishop Oyedepo are false,” US Embassy tweeted on Friday.
“If you have seen this manufactured item in the media, help defeat this #misinformation by communicating to everyone that it is completely false.”
Following the denial, the newspaper management investigated the report and found that the two deputy editors failed to follow its well established traditions of carrying out the necessary checks and confirmations expected of personnel of their status in a sensitive story of that nature.
The newspaper had on Saturday published a Corrigendum, acknowledging the error in the publication, and apologised to the Bishop Adeboye for the embarrassment the story might have caused him.
