Meet the notable Oyo
State broadcaster, Edmund Obilo, who had just aired an interview that exposed how
the Alafin of Oyo, and the Oyo State governor, had allegedly been sharing the
money belonging to the state, under the guise of fake contracts...and was fired afterwards.
A Nigerian
House of representatives member, Kamil Akinlabi reveals this secret on “bull’s
eye,” a popular radio interview program, anchored by Mr. Obilo.
The
management of the Ibadan-based Splash FM, had shortly afterwards fired one of
their best broadcasters, Mr. Edmund Obilo, on Friday on the request of the Oyo
State governor, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi.
Mr. Obilo
has been consistently exposing corruption, and the failure of leadership to
stop, or investigate that corruption in Oyo State, under the present administration.
This has made Mr. Ajimobi and his cronies to force the owner of the FM Station,
Chief Adebayo Akande, to fire Mr. Obilo
In one
instance, the governor had once threatened to pull down the broadcasting mast
of the radio station two years ago, but could not achieve its aim due of the
quick intervention of the saharareporters.com.
Mr. Obilo
had anchored different programs, such as “VOICES,” "Bull’s Eye," and
"Economic Search Light." These were noted platforms where activists
and ordinary citizens are invited to express their views and opinions on
national questions.
Recently,
Mr, Obilo draw an ire of the governor after the interview that linked him and
his wife to Mr. Mukaila aka Auxiliary, a notorious National Union Of Road
Transport Workers (NURTW) thug who is currently standing trial for murder and
gun running.
In addition,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance recently claims Oyo State
government received the huge sum of 100 billion naira in 2013 of which there is
no project in Oyo State to justify the amount received.
Today, Oyo
State is broke, to the extent that the government cannot afford to pay worker
salaries on time. Mr. Ajimobi had been fingered in many shady deals, including
a private refineries built in Lebanon with stolen funds.
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