NIA Operatives At The Yiriwa FM

The Manager of Yiriwa FM, Pa Modou Bojang, informed Media Agenda’s current affairs that he was technically detained on Tuesday the 26 August, and Wednesday the 27 August 2008 of last week over the battle of ownership of the Yiriwa FM, a developmental radio station in rural town of Brikama in the western region. He said, that was the second time he was being interrogated at the NIAs offices.

According to reports the interrogation of  Bojang  came in the wake of a dispute involving one Basiru Darboe and Aboubacatt Al Turkey , a Malian citizen who have being residing in the country for a very long time, over the ownership of the radio.

Darboe’s lawyer Lamin Jorbateh have since written a letter to the radio, which lawyer Lamin Mboge counsel for radio confirmed receiving and he too send a similar letter on behalf of his client to the other party.

The  radio was visited by the NIA operatives and  some questiong were made.The radio has  not  been stop for their normal programme as the dispute is  being handled by the NIAs.The radio is curently going with programmes, said the  manager.