Ethiopian government official caught in lie
Sabsibe Amare, an Oromo Democratic Party official with a prominent social media following (under the name Kiyya Hararghe), accused the Oromia News Network (ONN) media organization (affiliated with Dawud Ibsa’s Oromo Liberation Front) of being awarded an office in Mekele, capital of Tigray state, by the current Tigray President Debretsion Gebremichael.
“#BREAKING
Today, Dr Debretsion Gebremichael gave ONN office keys to Colonel Gammachu Ayana;
Today, OLF official Colonel Gammachu Ayana was a guest of honor at an Dimtsi Woyane TV anniversary celebration that took place at Mekele’s Martyr’s Square. At the same event, Dr Debretsion gave Colonel Gammachu the keys to ONN’s new office in Mekele.
ONN for TPLF is a replacement for the now closed ENN”
Our team’s investigation concluded that Colonel Gammachu Ayana was never present for the anniversary event but has in fact been in Addis Ababa for at least the past month.
This latest accusation from an ODP official is the latest of a series of accusations being thrown at the Oromo Liberation Front and its affiliates. Given the Tigray state’s opposition to the ODP-led federal government and the political animosity between the Oromo and Tigrayan people, association with the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front is political suicide in the current political atmosphere of Oromia state.
Our investigation included eyewitness testimony from our Addis Ababa fact checkers, as well as calls to both the Dimtsi Woyane TV station and the Oromia News Network TV station.
