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Friday, October 15th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Tension in Port Harcourt as security men barricade private radio station   Psaro Yornamue Senior Correspondent, Port Harcourt   Palpable tension enveloped Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State on Thursday as the the state government clamped down on a private radio station in the city for planning to air an interview conducted with Alhaji Asari Dokubo, the leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF). Daily Independent gathered that under the instruction of the state government, the Rivers state police command and the State Security Service (SSS) deployed battle ready personnel to the radio station to stop it from airing the interview. When a reporter visited the station in the morning, plain-clothes security personnel were sighted at the gate of the radio station holding the staff of the establishment hostage. The development it was learnt was put under control after the senior staff of the corporation had reached an oral agreement with the security agents that the Dokubo interview would no longer be aired by the radio station. It was gathered that since Wednesday, the Rhythm Radio station in Port Harcourt has been running promo that the interview would be aired at 9am, but could not hold as a result of the alleged government action. When our correspondent made efforts on telephone to speak with, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Emma Okah and the Information Commissioner, Mr. Magnus Abe at 3:05pm on Thursday, the both lines rang but no one picked the phones. Meanwhile, the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) and Journalists Watch Niger Delta (JOWAND) in a combined statement have condemned the attack on the private radio station.   According to the statement, the group said, “it is very unfortunate that we appear not to have learnt any lesson whatsoever. The other week was Insider Magazine in Lagos, this week Rhythm Radio in Port Harcourt is invaded. It is regrettable that this government has gone so deeply into the same condemnable experience we had in the late Abacha regime.”     Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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