Babasessy:

Mimiko threatens to shut down radio station
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HAKEEM GBADAMOSI 10/08/2011 01:26:00
image Gov. Mimiko, Ondo State Governor

The Ondo State Government has reportedly threatened to clamp down on a radio station – Adaba FM Radio, over what the state tagged “uncomplimentary attacks.”

The radio station which is believed to be owned by the former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu serves as the mouthpiece for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the state. Reports had it that the State Security Service (SSS), at the instance of the state government, invited the General Manager of the station over what was described as “uncomplimentary attacks on the government of the day”.

The GM, Mr. Martin Ayoola, was said to have met with the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, but the details of the meeting were not revealed by our source, but the GM was said to have summoned a meeting with presenters, who are sympathetic with the cause of the ACN in the state. But it was gathered that Mimiko during his meeting with the Adaba FM boss, handed warning to the GM threatening to deal with the management, if the station continued with the uncomplimentary attack” on his administration especially with granting of interviews to ACN stalwarts on various programmes aired on the station.


http://nationalmirroronline.net/news/18229.html

RADIO AND TELEVISION LICENCES ARE ISSUED BY THE FGN SO HOW CAN A STATE GOVT THREATEN TO SHUT THEM DOWN

dforestfox:

I would have thought Mimiko should know better that there should be
freedom of press/media, and a media organisation can decide to support whoever they feel deserves their votes,its all politics!!!

Babasessy:

Mimiko threatens to shut down radio station
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HAKEEM GBADAMOSI 10/08/2011 01:26:00
image Gov. Mimiko, Ondo State Governor

The Ondo State Government has reportedly threatened to clamp down on a radio station – Adaba FM Radio, over what the state tagged “uncomplimentary attacks.”

The radio station which is believed to be owned by the former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu serves as the mouthpiece for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the state. Reports had it that the State Security Service (SSS), at the instance of the state government, invited the General Manager of the station over what was described as “uncomplimentary attacks on the government of the day”.

The GM, Mr. Martin Ayoola, was said to have met with the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, but the details of the meeting were not revealed by our source, but the GM was said to have summoned a meeting with presenters, who are sympathetic with the cause of the ACN in the state. But it was gathered that Mimiko during his meeting with the Adaba FM boss, handed warning to the GM threatening to deal with the management, if the station continued with the uncomplimentary attack” on his administration especially with granting of interviews to ACN stalwarts on various programmes aired on the station.


http://nationalmirroronline.net/news/18229.html

cyril10:

May be becouse Mimiko refused to join ACN that is the reason why Tinubu's radio is attacking his govt. Tinubu is becoming too despirate, he should tread with caution. Political crook.

cinzo:


RADIO AND TELEVISION LICENSES ARE ISSUED BY THE FGN SO HOW CAN A STATE GOVT THREATEN TO SHUT THEM DOWN

edo.girl:

Also, there's been some kind of media war (via propaganda adverts) going on in the airwaves for about 6 weeks now, particularly on this same Adaba.

Here's a summary of ACN's advert - Starts with: Eyin Omo Oodua, dua, dua (echo) Then something along the lines of - eminent Oodua indegines came together to form their own party (egbe tiwan tiwa) so we could all defend our people & values against insatiable vultures (my own interpretation). It ends along the lines of e ma ma je won ko wa lo ko eru (don't let them enslave us)

Here's the Labour version - [b]Eying Omo ipinle Ondo, do, do (echo again ) Beware of people whose only interest is to get their hands on our resources. Eranti pe awa la ni ohun ribibi ju ni ile Yoruba (Remember Ondo State is blessed with the most natural resources in Yorubaland. Eranti ti pe awa lan ni Koko ju ni orile de naijiria (Also rememeber we are the largest producer of Cocoa in Nigeria) Sugbon ni ojo eyinwa nigba ti won fe ko Koko House, sebi Ibadan ni won ko si (However, when they wanted to build Cocoa House, they built it in Ibadan, rather than in our state.[/b]

Both adverts run on Adaba virtually every 30mins within a few mins interval of each other and this has been going on for several weeks. Both parties must be spending a fortune on these things, and the election is still more than a yr away.

Mimiko has been spending a lot of money, like the ACN, on Adaba, and sending his henchmen to attack and respond to the alledged attacks from the ACN. I'm not sure why he's complaining now.

On a pan-Yoruba level, it is interesting to see labour trying to use a 'them' and 'us' approach to awaken the indegines' fear about being dominated by Lagos, Ogun, and to a lesser extent Oyo with the risk that their resources (oil, bitumen, Cocoa will be used to develop these other states.

All said, Mimiko appears to be doing well in the state. ACN should see Labour as a sister party & they should be collaborating . ACN does not need to win Ondo state by all means.

ekt_bear:

I don't see why Ondo needs to become ACN. Mimiko is performing, from what I'm told by folks who live there. If this is true, then for wh[b]at reason should he go?[/b]

As others have stated though, Mimiko needs to understand that shutting down the voice of the opposition is anti-democratic.