{"id":65724,"date":"2025-05-14T05:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65724"},"modified":"2025-05-14T05:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:49:45","slug":"catholic-church-set-to-sue-agidigbo-radio-for-unethical-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/14\/catholic-church-set-to-sue-agidigbo-radio-for-unethical-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Church Set to Sue Agidigbo Radio for Unethical Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan is taking legal action against Agidigbo 88.7 FM, accusing the radio station of unethical journalism and reputational damage following the broadcast of a false claim by a guest alleging pregnancy by a Catholic priest.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Archdiocese described the allegation, aired on May 2, 2025, as \u201centirely false, malicious, and injurious to the integrity of the Catholic Church and her clergy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guest, Kate Odjegba, claimed on the programme that a priest within the Archdiocese impregnated her.<\/p>\n

However, multiple certified medical tests have since confirmed she was never pregnant, while police investigations had earlier dismissed similar allegations she made elsewhere as baseless and influenced by mental health issues.<\/p>\n

The Church said Ms. Odjegba only approached the priest once to solicit financial help and had no other interaction with him.<\/p>\n

Claims of text messages and repeated sexual encounters were also dismissed as fabricated.<\/p>\n

Following the broadcast, representatives of the Archdiocese met with Agidigbo FM’s management and Ms. Odjegba, during which a jointly agreed pregnancy test again confirmed she was not pregnant.<\/p>\n

Despite these findings, the Church expressed dismay that Agidigbo FM aired the accusation without basic fact-checking or due diligence, choosing sensationalism over truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thirst for cheap publicity and the rush to publicize scandal without verification has caused considerable reputational harm,\u201d said Rev. Fr. Anthony Omolade, Chancellor of the Archdiocese.<\/p>\n

The Archdiocese has now instructed a law firm to pursue all legal means to hold the radio station accountable and ensure redress.<\/p>\n

Reaffirming its commitment to justice and truth, the Church called on the media to uphold ethical standards and resist becoming tools for misinformation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will never permit the name of the Church to be defamed without consequence,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan is taking legal action against Agidigbo 88.7 FM, accusing the radio station of unethical journalism and reputational damage following the broadcast of a false claim by a guest alleging pregnancy by a Catholic priest. In a statement, the Archdiocese described the allegation, aired on May 2, 2025, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1386,172,1681],"tags":[515],"class_list":["post-65724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judiciary","category-news","category-religion","tag-feature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65726,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65724\/revisions\/65726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}