The Niger State command of the
Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday paraded Sampson Oghenedoro, a
28-year old staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) for demanding N50
million from the state government to stop him from broadcasting a story on
alleged fraudulent activities within the government.
According to DailyTrust, the
suspect was paraded at the state command in Minna and the state of director, Dr.
Larry Obiagwu, said Sampson was picked up by his men at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja while on his way to Minna to collect the said
amount.
Sampson who works with the NTA Asaba, Delta state, as a producer/cameraman,
operates under the name Fajiro Oliver, also works with Elomboh Communications, an
online news medium. Obiagwu explained that Sampson and two others, Stanley Gene
and Francis Arinze both now at large, co-founded the Secret Reporters Group
(SRG) with the alleged sole objective of blackmailing government officials and
heads of organisations for pecuniary benefits.