Journalist, Kiki Mordi Called Out For Winning An International Award With A Stolen Story, “Sex For Grades”

A Nigerian Journalist, Kiki Mordi has been called out by a fellow Journalist, Ruona, identified with the handle @RGAMeyer, for stealing someone else’s story, “Sex For Grades” and winning an international award with it.

Recently, International Center for Journalists, ICFJ, announced Kiki Mordi as winner of the 2020 Michael Elliot Award for African Storytelling.

According to Ruona, the popular “Sex For Grades” story was originally written by someone she called “O.O”.

She stated that it would be unfair if Kiki refuses to acknowledge and share whatever prize money accrued to the award with the said “O.O” whose intellectual property she “stole”.

She wrote, “Kiki, make sure this time you at least share whatever prize money there is with O.O and acknowledge her – given this was all her story as pitched, sourced/started.

Real journalists have honour and also hold themselves to account, not just the government. #TruthIsSacrosanc.”