Three days after some youths staged protest at
the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu in
solidarity with the embattled minister of aviation,
Stella Oduah, fresh indications have emerged that
the protest was allegedly sponsored by the
ministry. Contrary to the claims that the protesters were
Igbo Youths, a source told DailyPost that they
were students of the Institute of Management and
Technology, IMT, Enugu. According to the source, trouble started when the
organizers refused to pay the students the agreed
amount. One of the protesters who spoke under anonymity
told our correspondent that they were initially
promised N10, 000 each, adding that “after the
protest, they took us to the Enugu Press Centre,
where we were given only N4,000. “This was quite against the earlier agreement we
reached. They shortchanged us so much and we
are not happy about that”. Further investigations by DailyPost showed that a
particular non-governmental organization based
in Enugu was earlier allegedly approached by one
of the minister’s aide to organize the protest with
the sum of N1.5 million but the director declined. It was gathered that a prominent media worker
based in the South-East later accepted to organize
the “fake protest. “He went to the IMT, got some students and had a
deal with them. The students didn’t even know
why they were at the airport, neither could their
supposed leader say the platform under which
they were protesting. “Somebody had to whisper Igbo Youths from
behind”, the source added.
the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu in
solidarity with the embattled minister of aviation,
Stella Oduah, fresh indications have emerged that
the protest was allegedly sponsored by the
ministry. Contrary to the claims that the protesters were
Igbo Youths, a source told DailyPost that they
were students of the Institute of Management and
Technology, IMT, Enugu. According to the source, trouble started when the
organizers refused to pay the students the agreed
amount. One of the protesters who spoke under anonymity
told our correspondent that they were initially
promised N10, 000 each, adding that “after the
protest, they took us to the Enugu Press Centre,
where we were given only N4,000. “This was quite against the earlier agreement we
reached. They shortchanged us so much and we
are not happy about that”. Further investigations by DailyPost showed that a
particular non-governmental organization based
in Enugu was earlier allegedly approached by one
of the minister’s aide to organize the protest with
the sum of N1.5 million but the director declined. It was gathered that a prominent media worker
based in the South-East later accepted to organize
the “fake protest. “He went to the IMT, got some students and had a
deal with them. The students didn’t even know
why they were at the airport, neither could their
supposed leader say the platform under which
they were protesting. “Somebody had to whisper Igbo Youths from
behind”, the source added.
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