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Silverbird TV Journalist Announces Resignation From Job To Support Peter Obi’s Candidacy 

Favour Bassey Otu, a broadcast Journalist with Silverbird Television has dropped her resignation letter with the station in order to support the Candidacy of Dr. Peter Obi, the presidential Flagbearer of the Labour Party.

Favour as fondly called by colleagues and friends made this known on her verified twitter handle on Saturday.

According to her, she took the decision in order to abide by the ethics of journalism that frowns against partisanship. As a practising Journalist, you are not expected to be partisan or publicly support a politician vying for an elective office.

Rather than being caught in that web, it is advisable to tender your resignation and follow your new political interest. This was exactly the position of the Silverbird lady who chose to place premium on ethics of the profession.

According to her, she took the decision to resign her position as a Journalist with Silverbird Television in order to throw her weight on Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election. She said after the election, she would apply for another job either at Channels TV, Arise TV or start her own business. 

Peter Obi, one of the leading presidential candidates in the forthcoming 2023 general election has been gathering momentum especially among the Youths since he declared his interest to contest and started the movement.

On Friday, he unveiled his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a relatively young politician whom many believe will complement the vision of the former governor of Anambra state.

Peter Obi has been pushing his candidature and support base more on social media than the regular political structures which is quite common among the conventional politicians.

The idea was said to have earned more support from the youth who are seriously routing for him. Favour is however the first TV Journalist to have publicly resigned from her job in order to support Obi’s movement fondly known as Obidients.

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