Nigeria, Dec. 10 -- On 4 December, Ray Ekpu published a tribute for Dan Agbese, his classmate, friend and business partner, who passed on recently at 81.

In the moving tribute, Mr Ekpu wrote about how the late journalism icon "was not an apostle of guerilla journalism because he knew that guerilla journalism is fraudulent propaganda, not fit to be touched by any self-respecting journalist."

That aspect of the tribute apparently irritated some apostles of guerilla journalism, including Babafemi Ojudu, journalist, politician and farmer, who co-founded TheNEWS and Tempo Magazines in 1993.

Mr Ojudu has now written a rejoinder, forcefully defending the value of guerila journalism in society and its contribution to the restoration of democra...