Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen apologise to Nigerian media outfit after recent outburst! Details 👇
Super Eagles forward and Napoli’s latest acquisition, Victor Osimhem has publicly apologised to Mobile Punch after he slammed the outfit for allegedly publishing a false claim about him.
Mobile Punch recently published a story with reference from an International media, Sport 1 about Osimhen’s dream of doing what the likes of Edinson Cavani and Diego Maradona did for the team.
Victor Osimhen was quoted in the interview with Sport 1 which Mobile Punch sourced their the story from.
He said;
“I am proud to join a club, who have seen great players like Maradona, Higuain and Cavani. I also want to go into the club’s history.”
I want to have a good Serie A and also help the club in the Europa League.”
But Osimhen via his twitter handle denied such claims as he attacked the Nigerian media outfit.
I never said such a thing,y’all copy paste journalist just like to fabricate lies,since the passing of my late father I haven’t grant any interview whatsoever,stop this nonsense else na thunder go fire una. https://t.co/cQiwaLaS1D
— victor osimhen (@victorosimhen9) August 9, 2020
Osimhem went on to apologise afterwards after his post caused a backlash among Journalist and fans online.
As much as I dislike being misquoted or taken out of context by the media, I want to apologise to @MobilePunch and other journalists that felt offended for the type of language I used in my earlier post,sorry about it,make una no vex I still be una boy…peace❤️
— victor osimhen (@victorosimhen9) August 9, 2020
The striker is due to join Napoli next month after completing his €60 million move from Lille to the Naples-based club last week
