Suspected armed robbers within the early hours of Saturday invaded Radio Nigeria Prime 101.5FM at Jimbe in Ajaokuta native authorities space of Kogi State, carting away transmission gear price thousands and thousands of Naira.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the armed robbers operated for greater than three hours with none problem from safety companies.
Talking to Journalists on Saturday, the Common Supervisor of the Station, Momoh Jimoh Adeiza defined that they woke as much as see that the station had been attacked by armed criminals who went away with their gear.
“It is a main assault on the station. We’re presently off air proper now as a result of our gear have been stolen by these armed criminals. After they got here, they tied up our safety man on responsibility to hold out their nefarious actions. The place can we go from right here now?”
He known as on safety companies to double their efforts in apprehending the criminals, including that the incident has been reported to the Zonal Director.
Adeiza, nonetheless, known as on the related authorities to come back assistance from the station to return again on air.
Narrating his ordeals with the suspected criminals, the safety man on responsibility who was recognized as Daniel Haruna, mentioned the hoodlums had been armed with harmful weapons equivalent to weapons and cutlasses.
Haruna added they stole the copper a part of the feeder traces, 22 items of modules, armoured cables, generator batteries, and different gadgets in the course of the assault.
“They had been greater than 10 armed criminals that attacked our station. They got here round 1am this Saturday morning with weapons and cutlasses. After they pointed contact gentle on me, they instantly gripped me and tied me to a tree and blindfolded my eyes.
“I couldn’t scream as a result of I used to be helpless. They operated for greater than three hours earlier than they left our station. I’ve by no means skilled this sort of factor earlier than in my life,” he said.
Our correspondent additional learnt that other than the theft of kit, the hoodlums additionally destroyed some components of the station.
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