Nigeria, June 17 -- Nigerian politicians often accuse the media of misrepresenting or misinterpreting their statements whenever there is backlash arising from their public comments.

A recent example was a statement made by the Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, during an interview on AIT's Politics Today on Monday, in which he claimed that some senators whose names and signatures appeared on the recommendation for the suspension of the Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, last year, neither signed nor endorsed the suspension.

Since a video clip of the interview began circulating on social media, it has drawn attention to the former governor and fuelled speculations that the recommendation for Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan's suspension...