Noted Splash FM Presenter & Broadcaster Edmund Obilo

Over the past few days, reports have been circulating viral in town that noted broadcaster, radio journalists and host of popular Splash FM‘s program ” Voices  ”, ‘ Bulls Eye ‘ and ‘ Economic Search Light ‘, Edmund Obilo has resigned from the station.

The situation escalated last week Saturday when the state governor Abiola Ajimobi was at the station for an interview conducted by Edmund Obilo’s on popular his ‘Voices’ programme but that day Obilo was nowhere to be found!

According to a close source disclosed that Gov Ajimobi was initially invited by Edmund Obilo, for an interview in order for him to put more light on state of the national economy and also to discussed the educational reforms of privatization of public school but Edmund was nowhere to be found.

Governor Ajimobi was very angry when they told him that Edmund will not be ‘showing face’ or making any kind of appearance, Ajimobi who was oblivious of the internal politics going on announced on air that :

“Obilo should be here. He is instrumental in my being here. That I am here and he is not here is a sign of disrespect to me and my office.”

Edmund Obilo
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In an exclusive chat with an insider source of the station reveal to GYOnlineNG.COM, reported that Edmund resigned from his post a day before governor Ajimobi interviewed could be aired on the radio, but he’s currently negotiating his contract term with the management of the station.

” Edmund has resign from Splash FM, he’s currently negotiating with the management over his contract term and also the use of ownership of content he will be providing for the station. Though we don’t know for now and we also hopeful that his negotiation contract term with the management will reach any fruitful agreement on both parties.

According to an insider, a source reveals that Edmund had a frosty relationship with the daughter of the proprietor of the station, Bisi over the issue of ownership of content Edmund used to post on social media.

Sometimes in July 2014, Edmund Obilo was fired on the order of Oyo State Governor for being an agent of anti-corruption toward his government. What went wrong for his sacking was a controversial interview Edmund aired with Hon. Akeem Adeyemi and Hon. Kamil Akinlabi on his Bull’s Eye programme in which the interviewee addressed the paramount ruler of Oyo as a criminal, fraudster, and murderer.

Though Splash FM management come out to denies the report of his sacking from the station, saying that he was not sacked from his post but he was only on study leave.

We at GOnlineNG.COM will keep you updated on any development.

By gistyinka

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