A group of alleged Oodua Nation agitators at early hours of today (Sunday; 28th May 2023) hijacked Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo State.
The alleged Oodua Nation agitators who were many stormed the station with loads of charms at about 5:30am and seized the live studio while a sponsored programme was ongoing.
The alleged agitators took over the live studio and entire premises of the station started broadcasting.
Among their claims included “Oodua Nation has come to stay” “Yoruba no more under Federal Republic of Nigeria” “United Nation will soon declare Oodua Nation” among others things.
The Yoruba Nation agitators broadcast for about an hour before the arrival of combined teams of the Nigeria Police, Operation Burst and Nigerian Army.
Meanwhile, the security teams were able to recover the station after five persons were arrested and taken to the Eleyele State Headquarters of the Nigeria Police for interrogation.
The General Manager of the station, Mr. Stephen Agbaje, confirmed the development to newsmen but stressed that the situation has been brought under control by the security agencies while the station is back on air.
At the time of filling this report, normalcy has returned to the station with the presence of DSS, Police and other security operatives.
