VIDEO:Esama of Benin,Sir Gabriel Igbinedion visits burnt ITV Studio, Promises to rebuild in 60 Days.

His excellency Sir Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion visited the communications village of ITV/ RADIO to ascertain the level of destruction occasioned by the recent fire yesterday. The Esama revealed he had earlier received several threats via SMS and telephone calls about a possible attack and reported it to security agencies in the state.He claims he does not make any profit from the station but personally funds it because of his great desire to educate and enlighten people about happenings in the state.

“If it is a surge, the wires would be melted. Detection is the first work I did in the police. Only a stupid person will say it is a surge. They thought that they will take us off air till after the elections,” Igbinedion stated.

The Esama has promised to build a new digital television studio within 60 days and vowed to take the case to the church.
Igbinedion who said so while inspecting the burnt studio also said it was senseless for anybody to attribute the cause of the fire to power surge.
He said the aim of the perpetrators was to take his station off the air until after the elections.

In his words, “We have been pre-warned and had enough threat. More than four occasions, I sent letters of threat and telephone calls to the police and the Director of DSS.”