Ekiti govt seals radio station supposedly possessed by Fayose

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The Ekiti State Government on Thursday shut down a radio station named Our People’s 104.1 FM, over none consistence with building erection control in the state.

The station, situated at Fajuyi region of Ado Ekiti, is accepted to have a place with previous senator, Ayodele Fayose.

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The General Manager of the station, Mr. Layi Oyawa, blamed security offices for ‘slapping’ and mistreating him after they mightily entered the premises to implement the conclusion request.

Staff members of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, nearby policemen from the Counter Terrorism Unit, CTU, blockaded the one-story twin working around 9.38am to glue the notice of conclusion on the divider.

The requirement staff and the CTU agents entered the building and requested the specialists driven by Oyawa, out of the premises, which prompted an encounter between the Station’s GM and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Mr. Ademiloye Fasiku.

As the contention roared, the policemen rose the staircase and requested the staff to turn off the transmitter, saying the property has been closed down for contradicting building advancement request.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had a year ago appropriated the expanding on the premises that it was falsely gained by the previous senator yet was later revived after the case was prosecuted.

Talking with newsmen, Fasiku said four letters had purportedly been kept in touch with the station on the need to consent to some set down controls, yet those requests were repelled.

Fasiku stated: “We are here essentially to uphold consistence with urban improvement plan of government. We have given them sees yet they never reacted. We requesting that they present their affirmed arrangement for leeway, yet nothing was finished.

“Application was submitted to the Ministry on seventh September, 2018 by Mr. Olusola Micheal Adeyinka with the Title “Application for Mast Construction ” without sign to utilize the property for Radio Station.

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“The second application by Finger Print Consult Associate additionally neglected to make reference to Radio Station as a major aspect of its recommendations. The service could find out the utilization which the applications were intended for through the working illustrations, further perceptions from the recorded archives got from the service are couple with the service’s

suggestion as recorded underneath.

“Following this disparities, a punishment charge of Nine Hundred and Eight Five Thousand Naira just (N985,000) was prescribed yet was not paid.

“We there prescribed that since the engineer of People’s FM Radio Station has definitively neglected to make reference to in any of the submitted applications, the first expectation to utilize the advancement for radio station and not for pole just, neglected to consent to the service order to stop further exercises on the site yet ran further with broadcasting activities, it is practical for Ekiti State Government to give a mandate to the suitable MDA to impact the conclusion of People’s FM Radio Station as obstacle for other rebellion who might need to undermine the Laws of the State”.

The GM Of the station, Layi Oyawa, portrayed the supposed gestapo way with which the station was shut down as shocking and brutish.

“The police, the staff of the Ministry brought slapped me. They ambushed me and tore my suit, this is uncalled for. They said they composed notification to us, who did they address it to? From whom did the letter radiate?

“The main letter I got was from the Signage and Advertisement Agency. For what reason is this coming as of now? Be that as it may, we are going to address it the lawful way,” he said.

Likewise reacting, Fayose, in an announcement by his Media Aide , Lere Olayinka, said the activity was done as a prelude to the supposed gear the APC plans to execute on Saturday and March 2, encouraging Fayemi to quit acting like a despot.

“The equivalent Fayemi, who worked an illicit radio amid the Abacha days, could get to this dimension of oppression is another miserable notice of the pietism of his case to have battled for majority rule government. Clearly, he battled for his pocket and individual survival.

“From data made accessible to general society by the radio station, the legislature asked for installment of N175 million as Signage Fee, which for all goal and reasons for existing, was silly.

“It is dismal that Fayemi brought laws into his hands by requesting policemen joined to him to attack a private business premises and close it down without request of any court,” Fayose said.

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