The children of the late elder statesman, politician and former military and civilian governor of the old Midwest/Bendel state, Brigadier General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia have written to the editor of the Midwest Herald to retract and apologize for a false and misleading story published on its website titled, “Late Ogbemudia’s Son Writes IBB: “Your Book Didn’t Expose MKO’s Dark Secrets My Dad Told Me Led to Army Annulling June 12,”dated April 2, 2025.
In a letter signed by the Executors of Ogbemudia Estate on April 3, 2024 and addressed to the Editor of Midwest Herald, under the title, Re: Retraction of post titled, “Late Ogbemudia’s Son Writes IBB: “Your Book Didn’t Expose MKO’s Dark Secrets My Dad Told Me Led to Army Annulling June 12,” dated April 2, 2025 and public apology for said false post, the children said the article, attributed to a man named Dr Nelson Ogbemudia, contains egregious inaccuracies that have severely misrepresented the S. O. Ogbemudia family and maligned the legacy of their late father, Gen. S.O Ogbemudia.
The children of the late elder statesman said even more disturbing was the fact that the publication identified Dr Nelson Ogbemudia as their father’s son. They said this person is not, and has never been, a member of Gen. S.O Ogbemudia’s family. They expressed surprise that the editorial process of the Midwest Herald failed to verify this man’s identity before publishing such defamatory and misleading content.
Below is the full text of the letter to the Editor of Midwest Herald:
To the Editor of Midwest Herald,
Re: Retraction of post titled “Late Ogbemudia’s Son Writes IBB: “Your Book Didn’t Expose MKO’s Dark Secrets My Dad Told Me Led to Army Annulling June 12,” dated [2 April 2025] and public apology for said false post.
We, the children of Late Gen. Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia write to express our outrage and deep concern over the false and misleading article published on your website titled “Late Ogbemudia’s Son Writes IBB: “Your Book Didn’t Expose MKO’s Dark Secrets My Dad Told Me Led to Army Annulling June 12,” dated [2 April 2025]. The article, attributed to a man named [Dr Nelson Ogbemudia], contains egregious inaccuracies that have severely misrepresented our family and maligned the legacy of our late father, [Gen.Dr. S.O Ogbemudia].
The article contains false information. Even more disturbingly, your publication identified Dr Nelson Ogbemudia as our father’s son. This person is not, and has never been, a member of Gen.Dr S.O Ogbemudia’s family. We are appalled that your editorial process failed to verify this man’s identity before publishing such defamatory and misleading content.
Whether this misrepresentation was a result of intentional deceit on the part of the so-called author or a sensationalized assumption by your editorial team, the result is the same—serious harm to our family’s name and reputation. Such reckless journalism is unacceptable and irresponsible.
We demand that The News Giant immediately issue a prominent retraction and correction, explicitly clarifying that the individual in question is not related to our father ,Gen. Dr S.O Ogbemudia, or our family. No such correspondence or conversation was had by any member of the Gen. Dr S.O Ogbemudia family with the alleged imposter and or your news publication, Additionally, we expect a formal apology to be printed, acknowledging the harm caused by this false claim as this false and erroneous publication to the general public has caused our family stress and would be in itself libelous in its entirety.
Should you fail to promptly address this matter,within 72 hrs (seventy two hours) we will have no choice but to seek legal recourse to protect our family’s good name, reputation and legacy.
Sincerely,
Executors Ogbemudia Estate.
