Nigerian
lournalist and presenter of the popular KakaakiSocial on African Independent
Television (AIT), Ohimai Amaize, has fled the country.
According to reports, Amaize popularly called
MrFixNigeria, left the country over threats and concerns he was going to be
arrested and framed for treason and incitement by the Buhari regime.
Recall that the National Broadcasting
Commission (NBC) had threatened to revoke DAAR Communications license over
tweets from Nigerians shown on @kakaakisocial which was anchored by Amaize.
The NBC had on June 6 suspended the license of
Daar Communications Plc., owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray
Power.
Director-General
of NBC, Modibbo Kawu, said the action was taken for failure of the TV and radio
stations to abide by the broadcasting code.
In
a letter entitled, “Lack of Responsibility in use of content from social
media,” which was addressed to the Group Managing Director of Daar
Communications Group, the NBC described the Kakaaki social edition of May 22,
2019, as “treasonable rhetoric.”
Before
his stint at AIT, Amaize was Special Advisor on Media Strategy to Senator
Musiliu Obanikoro, while he was the Minister of State for Defence. He also
served as Research Assistant to a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu and later a media aide to the presidential
campaign of Dele Momodu.
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