The gubernatorial candidate of Accord party for the June 18, 2022 Ekiti State governorship election, Basorun Reuben Famuyibo, has approved the appointment of former Political Editor of the defunct National Mirror newspaper, Olajide Omojolomoju, as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.
Famuyibo made this known in a statement by the newly-appointed Special Adviser on Media and Publicity on Friday.
Omojolomoju cut his journalistic teeth with Diamond Publications Limited, publishers of Media Review and the brains behind the famous Diamond Award of Media Excellence.
He thereafter moved to the old National Mirror, under the ownership of Emeka Obasi, from where he moved to the defunct Nigerian Compass.
He later migrated to the National Mirror when it was bought over by self-acclaimed business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, where he became the Political Editor before moving on to the Authority newspapers as Deputy Political Editor.
He later become the Political Editor for Southern states at the stable of Leadership newspaper, from where he became the editor of The View magazine, a monthly general interest magazine published by Longview Communications Limited.
The former political editor established an online blog, nationalcompassng.com in January 2020.
He is bringing to bear on the gubernatorial aspiration of Otunba Famuyibo his long years of political coverage and writings and hopes to impact positively on the candidate’s aspiration to become the next governor of Ekiti State.