Dare Babalola
Niger Governor, Umar Bago has shut down Badeggi FM radio station over alleged incitement of violence.
Bologi Ibrahim, Bago’s Chief Press Secretary, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday, noting that the governor ordered the Commissioner of Police in the state to effect the closure.
Ibrahim said the decision was reached on Friday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting held at the government house in Minna.
The governor said the “daily activities of the radio station have been unethical”.
The statement continued, “Governor Bago also accused the owner of the station of incitement of the people against the government and directed that the license of the radio station be revoked.
“The governor directed the commissioner for homeland security and the commissioner of police to seal the radio station, and emphasised the need for the security operatives to profile the owner of the radio station as his station promotes violence.”
Badeggi Radio 90.1 FM, Minna, is a private radio station established in 2020 by Shuaibu Badeggi.
