Persons suspected to be members of the Yoruba Nation agitators, in the early hours of Sunday, reportedly hijacked Amuludun 99.1 FM in Ibadan, Oyo State.
It was gathered that the radio station was hijacked around 6 am on Sunday.
Amuludun FM is a community radio station owned by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.
An eyewitness, who is also a staff, said that the suspects invaded the radio station wielding various dangerous charms.
He said, “That is what we witnessed this morning. They hijacked the station around 6 am. But they had been at the station before that time.
“They came with various forms of charms. They woke our staff, who were sleeping. Some of our staff have fled. We are yet to see some of our staff. But the security [personnel] are on ground now.”
It was also learnt that that the station has since been off the air.
General Manager of the station, Mr. Stephen Agbaje, confirmed the development.
He, however, noted that security agents had brought the situation under control.
He also disclosed that some of the suspects had already been arrested.
“Some group of agitators came around in the night, and took over the station, but the situation has been brought under control by the security agents. They were able to recover the station, and some arrests have been made,” he said.
