Four armed policemen today have invaded the headquarters of Kings Communications Limited, publishers of MMS Plus newspaper to arrest the Editor-in-Chief of MMS Plus, Kingsley Anaroke and the Editor of MMS Plus, Kenneth Jukpor.
The police failed attempt might be unconnected to a story published on possible take over of Dangote refinery by AMCON owing to increasing debts.
In a press statement signed by Kingsley Anaroke, editor-In-Chief/CEO of the media house, he recalled that the seige by the police is a follow-up by earlier threats made by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina over the weekend.
The CEO stated “Chishima had threatened to deal with the editorial leadership of the news outfit through legal action following the news story titled “AMCON May Take Over Dangote Refinery As Liabilities Swell, the story is written by our Reporter and published by our media organization”.
He stated further that,”After several failed attempts to get the Editor pull down the story, the Dangote spokesman instead of a rejoinder or the legal action which he threatened against our media house, he has resorted to bullying by sending four policemen to beseige the headquarters of Kings Communications Limited in Festac, Lagos since 7am”.
The CEO stated further that,”The police men asked for keys to the personal office of the Editor -in-Chief”.
The editor-In-Chief, pointed out that, “It should also be on record that Chiejina had searched for the photos of the news editor, Jukpor and Publisher, Anaroke on Sunday and sent them to the editor as a subtle threat which was ignored”.
Kingsley Anaroke stated clearly that, the press statement issued is necessary to draw the attention of the global press to the plight of Journalists who refused to be gagged.