Sahara Reporters
African Independent Television (AIT) owners received N10
billion to produce and air negative documentaries on leaders of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), a SaharaReporters investigation shows. Raymond
Dokpesi
As a result of the massive deal, AIT, which was in poor
financial shape that its principal owner, Raymond Dokpesi, had decided to sell
it to the banks to which the station owed several billions of Naira, is now
back in good standing. It has also become considerably bolder because of the
backing of Mrs. Allison-Madueke and other powerful government officials behind
the deal.
Our investigation reveals that AIT receives N5 million each
time an episode of any of the documentaries is aired on their channels in
different Nigerian markets.
Apart from the cost of producing and airing the
documentaries, SaharaReporters found that a team of high-priced lawyers has
also been mobilized with about N3 billion to handle any legal threats that may
arise from the documentaries. Just last week, APC chieftain Bola Tinubu sued
AIT over the documentary on him.
SaharaReporters learned that the next in the series will
focus on the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
Our source, who didn't want to reveal the content, said the
objective of that show will be to “destroy” Prof. Osinbajo's position as a
strong moral leader in the Christian community.
"The idea is to make the Christians who have left
Jonathan because of Osinbajo's entry into the Presidential race to have a
rethink," our source stated.
“The PDP is still failing the basic mathematics,” a
political analyst told SaharaReporters.
“They can squander all of the money in the Central Bank trying to damage
the reputation of everyone in the opposition, but how does that provide a cover
for the ineptitude and corruption of the Goodluck Jonathan government? Does that explain why Nigeria is far worse
than they found it? That is the question
Nigerians will be answering when they go to the polls in three weeks.”
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