Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided Urban Radio 94.5fm in Enugu State and arrested a presenter, Favour Ekoh, during a live program.
The incident occurred at 6:45pm on
Monday, October 14, 2024, when the ‘Prime Time’ programme was ongoing.
The station confirmed the incident in
a statement on Tuesday and apologised to its listeners over the disruption of
the programme.
Urban Radio said operatives allegedly
''abducted presenters and seized communication equipment' without disclosing
reasons for their actions.
“The Board and Management of Urban
Radio 94.5FM, Enugu regrets the abrupt halting and disruption of our programme
on Monday evening," the statement read.
“Armed men identifying as the EFCC had barged into the studio and interrupted the live program ‘Prime – Time’, forcefully abducted our presenters and took away our communication equipment for reasons they vehemently refused to disclose.”
“Whilst we are following up with the
matter, we will continue to inform our dear listeners accordingly through this
medium. Once again, we apologize for the unethical break-in into our live
studio and disruption of your favourite programmes and hope that the matter
will be resolved as soon as possible and for whatever the reasons.”
However, EFCC spokesman, Dele
Oyewale, has defended the anti-graft agency’s action, saying the agency
was at the station to arrest Favour Ekoh, a presenter, over alleged involvement
in a ponzi scheme in which 103 Nigerians were defrauded.
The EFCC spokesperson said only Ekoh
was arrested and that operatives did not take away communication equipment.
Oyewale said operatives of the agency
tracked the presenter to the station after she shunned several invitations.
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