Sampson Oghenedoro is a 28-year old staff of the Nigerian Television
Authority (NTA) who has been arrested by the Niger State command of the
Department of State Services (DSS) for demanding N50 million from the
state government to stop him from broadcasting a story on alleged
fraudulent activities within the government.
He was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while on his way to Minna to collect the said amount.
Sampson had worked for NTA Asaba, Delta state, as a producer/cameraman, operates under the name Fajiro Oliver, also works with Elomboh Communications, an online news medium.
Two others, Stanley Gene and Francis Arinze both now at large had co-founded the Secret Reporters Group (SRG) with the alleged sole objective of blackmailing government officials and heads of organisations for pecuniary benefits.
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