Nigeria Union of Journalist NUJ disowns one Odimegwu Onwumere over blackmail case in Delta

The Nigeria Union of Journalist NUJ has disowned one Odimegwu Onwumere recently arrested in Delta State for attempting to extort money from Governor Uduaghan through blackmail.

Odimegwu who claims to be a journalist has been going round the country extorting money from top government functionaries, politicians and top industry players . His stock in trade is blackmail through a website being managed by Mascot Uzor kalu, Nnanna Kalu, Odiuko Eunice Kalu and Orji Uzor Kalu. The NUJ Asaba Branch, in a press statement today warned the general public to be weary of the likes Odimegwu and their blackmail threats.

NUJ insisted that it is doing everything possible to flush out fake journalists from their fold. The Union said that Odimegwu has defrauded a lot of politicians through threats of publishing stories that will damage their reputation. NUJ commended the police for arresting Odimegwu whom he described as a fraudster. The Union urged the police to ensure that Odimegwu and his sponsors are prosecuted.

The NUJ also used the opportunity to warned the general public against stories that are not verifiable especially those being peddled online by the likes of Odimegwu and others who see the social media as a means to become rich.

Odimegwu Onwumere fake journalist arrested in Porthacourt over attempt to defraud Gov. Amechi.

Remember him Odimegwu Onwumere, the fake journalist who was arrested and released after several pleas by his sponsor two years ago in Portharcourt for duping a top politician after blackmailing him, is now cooling off at the SSS headquarters in Rivers state. The self styled poet whose stock in trade is to blackmail politician to make money, few days ago approached a media aide of Gov. Amechi on the pretense that he has an expose on the governor that centres on a child the governor had out of wedlock. Amechi’s aide played along after persistent threats from Odimegwu that 5m should be paid into his diamond bank account for him to kill the story. The money was paid in but unknown to Odimegwu he was being trailed by the SSS.

Luck ran out on him last Friday as he was nabbed after cashing the money
. Odimegwu who is a drop out has already confessed to the crime while being paraded before the press. He disclosed that he is on the pay roll of former Abia Gov. Uzor Kalu who is using him to do his dirty jobs. He revealed that he supplies most of the stories in sun newspapers that are half-truths, packaged to extort money since kalu is not paying staff salaries.

Meanwhile the NUJ Rivers State has warned politicians in the State to beware of Onwumere and his likes who are fake journalists as election approaches. According to the union, Odimegwu has been in the habit for a long time, a development that is giving journalism a bad image