A 28-year old staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA),
Sampson Oghenedoro, has been arrested for allegedly demanding N50
million from the Niger state government.
Sampson who works with
the NTA Asaba, Delta state, as a producer/cameraman, and operates under
the name, Fejiro Oliver was arrested by the state’s DSS at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while on his way to Minna to
collect the said amount, to stop him from broadcasting a story on
alleged fraudulent activities within the government.
While
parading the suspect in Minna, the state Director of the SSS, Dr. Larry
Obiagwu, disclosed that Sampson and two others, Stanley Gene and Francis
Arinze co-founded the Secret Reporters Group (SRG) with the alleged
sole objective of blackmailing government officials and heads of
organizations for pecuniary benefits.
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