The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Transparency in Governance wants Jimoh Ibrahim stopped
Th founders of news magazine, Newswatch, Ray Ekpu, Yakubu Mohammed, Dan Agbese and Soji Akinrinade have received the backing of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Transparency in Governance, which has called for mass rise against Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, owner of 51 per cent stake in the company who announced its shutdown early last month.
Speaking at the weekend, the president of the group, Ibrahim Alih said that Jimoh Ibrahim has ?recently constituted himself to an undertaker who sees useful ventures to their graveyards.?
Alih condemned Ibrahim?s forceful seizure of the company and called on Nigerians and the international community to defend the pioneer founders of the company in their bid to reclaim their ?hard-earned outfit? from a businessman who has become known for his penchant for ill-wealth.
?Nigerians must rise in prayers at this critical moment for the founders of Nigeria?s most popular newspaper and mouthpiece of democracy, Newswatch Magazine. As a core investor, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim is using dubious means to take away the company from its original owners through legal technicalities,? he said.
?Ray Ekpu, Yakubu Mohammed and Dan Agbese must have fallen cheap for the antics of Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, who is known for illegal acquisition of very lucrative ventures belonging to individuals and government using legal jargons and technicalities.
?We must rise, as lovers of objective journalism being practiced by these exceptional Nigerians, to ensure that no man is allowed to kill the vision and mission that Newswatch Magazine has brought to bear everywhere in the world ? Any attempt to subject the true owners of this property to unnecessary psychological trauma would be rebuffed by the Nigerian Civil Society.?
