Security Service Releases Radio Worker Arrested for Airing 'Offensive' Song Against Governor PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
The worker, Casmir Uzomah, is a staff member of the Orient Radio-Television Station, which is managed by the Imo State Broadcasting Corporation , a media outfit owned by the Imo State Government.Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that he was released on Friday.He was arrested on 4 August when he honoured an invitation by the SSS.
"I was told that he played a song on IBC which was very offensive, calling the governor a murderer," Declan Emelumba, Imo State Commissioner for Information, had alleged. "This man actually played a song that says the governor is a murderer and that blood is flowing in his hand. Even the NBC queried the IBC for playing such a song," he claimed, pointing out that he was not responsible for Mr Uzomah's arrest.that they were not allowed to see him, while in detention.
"Absolutely. It is still on. It is a serious case now," Mr Emelumba said when asked if the government would continue with the case.
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