BREAKING: powerful PDP governor shuts down 2 media houses, gives reason

  • The PDP Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has been accused of ordering the closure of AIT and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt
  • It was alleged that the operation was carried out by some telecommunication engineers hired by the state government
  • In a broadcast by the medium, the telecommunication engineers were accompanied by armed security men, and they destroyed the mast

Port Harcourt, Rivers – Siminalayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor of Rivers State, has ordered the closure of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM operations in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The development was disclosed on the website of the media organisation on Sunday, September 3, adding that the operation was carried out by some telecommunication engineers that the state government has contracted.