The Yoruba Broadcasters Association
(YBA) osun states chapter, has joined growing number of groups that have called on Nigerian government to release the detained osun based broadcaster, Rotimi Jolayemi popularly known as Oba Akewi.
The association in a statement by the its state governor, Hon olalekan fabayo said the arrest of Oba Akewi a member of the freelance and independent broadcaster association (FIBAN) appear to be prosecution of critics and hate speech through a audio that goes viral.
YBA called on the minster of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to show mercy on jolayemi in order to show the world that the present government under president Mohammadu Buhari is not silencing its critics.
Yoruba Broadcasters Association YBA however called on Broadcasters to be more sensitive in a time like this with greater caution and professionalism.
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