The Management of Parrot 101.1.
FM, Ogbomoso, on Wednesday turned down an arrangement of a live interview
programme with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Oyo
State, Engineer Seyi Makinde.
It initially claimed another
individual had earlier paid for the broadcast slot, but cited tension in the
land as the reason for cancelling the programme after a police officer at the
scene said he was purportedly sent from the Area Command to ascertain the cause
of a ‘commotion’ in the neighbourhood.
Makinde’s convoy had arrived at
the premises of the radio station at about 10:50 am for a live interview
programme scheduled for 11:00 am but he was quickly invited for discussions by
the management of the radio station as he came down from his car.
Makinde, his campaign director,
Prince Dotun Oyelade and a PDP leader, Jacob Adetoro, and other party members
had a discussion with the General Manager of the station, Mr Daramola Adeniyi,
for about five minutes over the matter.
Adeniyi, on behalf of the
management, later decided to have a recorded interview instead of a live programme
with Makinde, but the PDP governorship candidate and his team rejected the
offer.
Makinde then reportedly advised
the team to leave the premises, saying “let us go and do a road show, then we
will from there go to Ajilete FM.”
The General Manager of the
station, Mr Adeniyi, speaking on the development told journalists that he had
called Prince Oyelade a few minutes before the arrival of Makinde to intimate
him of the tension in the land.
He debunked insinuations that the
proprietor of the radio station and former Governor of the state, Otunba
Adebayo Alao-Akala, was behind the cancellation of the programme.
He said, “we had an information
that tension is brewing in the community this morning. Also, some people,
mostly members of the PDP had been protesting in the neighbourhood distributing
inciting leaflets with “O to ge” inscription.
“So, we felt that going on live
with Engineer Seyi Makinde this morning could worsen the already tensed
situation occasioned by the development.”
The situation was, however,
turned to a peaceful rally around the neighbourhood of Ogbomoso by the PDP
team.
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com