A
gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Sunday condemned the action of the Oyo
state government in demolishing Music House, which houses Fresh FM owned by
popular Juju musician, Mr. Yinka Ayefele born in 1968 on February 1st.
Makinde
expressed his displeasure when he visited the radio station where he met its
owner, Mr. Ayefele and some staff of the station.
The PDP
aspirant, in a statement made available to a Media outlet by his media aide,
Prince Dotun Oyelade, said he had to personally visit the station to confirm
and see that the station was actually demolished.
Makinde,
while speaking, said he was surprised that a civilian government can demolish
such a building because of flimsy excuse.
While
sympathising with Ayefele and staff of the station, he said that his visit was
beyond politics as the development endangers freedom of speech which is the
rock upon which true democracy is built.
Makinde said
that what the state government did was selective justice, sparing hundreds of
structures to target the radio station out of sheer vendetta.
The aspirant
then encouraged the staff and management not to despair as better times will
soon come.
He said, “I
had to personally visit the station to confirm the incident because I believed
that no government under civilian rule could contemplate not to talk of
actually bulldozing a popular radio station under flimsy excuse.
“My visit
was beyond politics as the sad development endangers freedom of speech which is
the rock upon which true democracy is built.
“What the
state government did was selective justice, sparing hundreds of structures to
target the radio station out of sheer vendetta.
“I encouraged
the staff and management not to despair as better times will soon come.”
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