Steve Oliyide, political scavenger in the media space

By Tunde Sulaiman


You may or may not have read the diatribe by Steve Oliyide, a self-seeking saboteur and media hustler, against the Dapo Abiodun administration in Ogun State, but it is so true to type. Oliyide, apparently blinded by his lust for attention and the antics of his paymasters, rambled on and on about the cost of the flagship projects of the Abiodun administration, including the Cargo Airport; the cost of road construction, and items in the state's Budget. The answers Oliyide ostensibly seeks are already in the public domain, but he is not seeking clarifications; his criticism is driven by pure mischief.



Pray, if Mr. Oliyide wants to know the cost of projects, why doesn't he take a look at the Budget? And if he is not satisfied about any item, why not approach the relevant agencies? Does he mean to say that the Budget does not contain facts and figures or is he simply being a dunce?


Sincerely, no serious person should take this clown seriously. How can anyone who claims sanity say that the Cargo Airport, an ongoing project, lacks basic facilities? Does the fact that the control tower is not yet completed, for instance, mean that the airport, widely hailed as one of Nigeria's biggest airport projects, lacks one? Has this fraud actually been to the site or is he just relying on hearsay?


It is not for nothing that many have learned to ignore the loudmouth.He isn't a stakeholder and he lacks the integrity and capacity to talk about Ogun State.


Having worked only for a gossip newspaper and being perpetually unable to cope in organised environments, he has left a trail of scandals in many places. He is a nobody in the media space.
His foray into the media space was by accident and without the requisite professional and intellectual pedigree of a thoroughbred newsman. It was this paucity of professional philosophy and guiding principles that turned him into a media scavenger.



Many of those who have had an encounter with the character known as Steve Oliyide have had only unpleasant things to say about him. His docility and proclivity for dirty jobs for filthy lucre is legendary. Oliyide's greatest strength in the social media space, the only space in which he can comfortably operate without unraveling very quickly, is peddling rumour and cheap propaganda for pecuniary gain.



This is a man that had lobbied Governor Dapo Abiodun's handlers for consideration as Special Assistant on Media. Unfortunately, discreet investigations revealed that he is a man without principle and the culture of loyalty. He was adjudged to be controlled perpetually by his belly, not critical thinking and value, hence his total rejection by the Dapo Abiodun administration. That, apparently, transformed him into a venomous adversary of the administration.



This charlatan has no moral standing to talk about governance and leadership, he lacks any atom of decency and temperament for organized environment. He should be ignored. Oliyide will still write another diatribe, but he and his paymasters will shed premium tears on Saturday when the good people of Ogun State renew their contract with the Abiodun administration.

Comrade Sulaiman, a students' activist, writes from Olabisi Onabanjo University, , Ago Iwoye