By Joseph Edegbo
Kaduna (Nigeria)–The head office of the Leadership Newspapers located in Utako, Abuja Nigeria’s Federal capital is under siege by security operatives over alleged 100 million Naira debt.
The operatives working under a court order has been mandated to shut down the office and claim all Leadership property including all vehicles found within the premises belonging to the Newspapers.
Already, about six vehicles have been towed away by the assigned officers.
Security operatives prior to the raid of the office, according to sources, had equally carted away important equipment.
A Plaintiff had about 7 years ago approached the court over a libellous publication against the newspapers where he won the case and was awarded 100 million Naira.
The sources said that the official vehicle of the General Editor has equally been towed away by the operatives.
Staff of the Newspapers, the souces added, are being owed more than 20 months salaries.
However, the editorial staff were recently paid quarter salary, after several months of no renumeration.
”You heard about the disclaimer on Duro Hassan. This is the same guy that brought in over N130m for 400 pages of adverts. Simply because he removed N6million commission and another N2million of his salary, the Publisher dragged him to the police, and lost.
Because he lost, he ordered that continuous publication of disclaimers on him. This is sad,” the source lamented . Another source said that he is being owed 3 million Naira salaries.
99% of the advert money, according to the source ,was allegedly milked from the Kogi State government which in the first history of this country, published names of the entire state workforce who are also being owed salaries for several months.
