Anxiety is the word that has allegedly taken over Television Continental (TVC), owned by Senator Bola Tinubu, a political stakeholder in the recently registered All Progressives Congress (APC).
A source close to www.theoctopusnews.com revealed that the whole drama started some weeks ago, when former Planning Editor, Emmanuel Malagu, released a tape allegedly containing exclusive footage of the Rivers State crisis to a rival television station.
Then, Malangu was sacked because Tinubu allegedly did not want the clips to go viral due to the fact that the alleged culprits in the video were loyalists of Amaechi, who incidentally shares political affiliation with Tinubu’s supporters in the state.
Our source revealed that when Malangu was sacked, the management of the media house made up a story that he was collecting money from reporters before using their stories and that was why he had to go. Our source, however, told www.theoctopusnews.com that with recent developments staffers of the organisation are now saying it was all a big lie.
www.theoctopusnews.com learnt that the new drama started when an editor who worked on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention story failed to add the angle that Atiku Abubakar, seven governors, their deputies and other stakeholders had defected to form a parallel Peoples Democratic party (PDP), in the Saturday, August 31, international news, which is normally relayed on Startimes.
Our source said that while the news reported the convention, it did not satisfy Tinubu, who incidentally was watching when it was broadcast.
www.theoctopusnews.com learnt that he subsequently summoned the Deputy News Director, Gbemiga Ogunleye, to his Bourdillon home to explain what happened, while all those on production duty on the day were asked to write their own versions of what happened.
www.theoctopusnews.com was informed that the situation is so bad that everybody now watches what he says in the office, as there is a probability that either Ogunleye or the Head of Intake, Stanley Okonye, will either be suspended or sacked.
Presently, many people whom the tape revealed had a hand in the crisis in River State are after the staffers of the Port Harcourt Bureau of Television Continental (TVC), who are said to have since relocated to another state.
Post Views: 1,121
