A telecommunication maintenance engineer, David Nwawuisi, has revealed that he got an initial payment of N150,000 to install a Radio Biafra transmitter on an MTN mast in Ngwo, Enugu State.
The 29-year-old, who was on the payroll of Ericsson, the firm managing mast sites for MTN, revealed this in a statement which he made to the Department of State Services on July 27, 2015.
Nwawuisi, who disclosed that he was managing 45 MTN sites for Ericsson, said the Radio Biafra transmitter had operated for three months on MTN mast before it was discovered and his subsequent arrest by the DSS on July 15, 2015.
Nwawuisi, who obtained a B.Sc degree in Biochemistry from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology in 2010, said he was being paid N73,000 plus per month by Ericsson.
He stated that it was the same amount he was being paid as a trainee when he joined the company as a trainee in 2014.
He narrated how he was contacted by one Chidiebere Onwudiwe, whom the Federal Government said was at large, and one Obioma, to seal the deal for the installation of the transmitter at the mast site.
Nwawuisi stated, “I came to know about Chidiebere and Obioma one day the security woman called me to tell me that that they will like to install a radio ( transmitter) on one of my sites at Ngwo in Enugu State and I told them that I don’t know who they are that if they can make out time so that we can see face to face because I don’t know them and that was in May.
“So the next day, they called me. I was working in one of my sites at St. Michael Catholic Church Asata in Enugu State. I asked them to come down to that site and that was the place I saw them for the first time and they introduced themselves as Chidiebere and Obioma. They also asked for my name and I said David. They also asked for my native name and I said Chukwugozie and from there Chidiebere started saying that the radio (transmitter) they are asking for my permission to install in my site is to help them educate our people (Igbo) and let them know their brothers and where they come from….
“They called me again to remind me of that and that was when I told them ok and we agreed that they are going to be paying N25,000 only per month which they paid six months upfront. N75,000 cash was given to me that day they came for the installation and out of that I gave N5,000 to the security woman. The balance was paid into my account at Ecobank after the First Bank (account) I gave to Obioma failed to accept the payment.
"The installment of the parity was done two weeks after the establishment of the radio (transmitter). On three distinct events, Chidiebere and Obioma called me to do some upkeep on the radio (transmitter). I gave them access into the site and left and when they completed, the security lady educated me that they are through and I came and bolted the site.
"The things Chidiebere came (with) were an electronic that resembles a decoder and a DSTV dish which was introduced vacillating. Alternate things were introduced inside the MTN site cover. The gear has been there for three months and on July 15 the MTN staff went to the site and called me from the site and asked me what the hardware is. The name of the MTN staff is Mr. John Ibekwe. When he was calling, I couldn't get what he was asking because of the earth in light of the fact that I was driving and when I stopped, I called the security lady to ask her and she let me know that is the hardware that Chidiebere and Obioma introduced that his asking of.
"The things Chidiebere came (with) were an electronic that resembles a decoder and a DSTV dish which was introduced vacillating. Alternate things were introduced inside the MTN site cover. The gear has been there for three months and on July 15 the MTN staff went to the site and called me from the site and asked me what the hardware is. The name of the MTN staff is Mr. John Ibekwe. When he was calling, I couldn't get what he was asking because of the earth in light of the fact that I was driving and when I stopped, I called the security lady to ask her and she let me know that is the hardware that Chidiebere and Obioma introduced that his asking of.
"I got back to the MTN man to let him know what the gear is for, that is a Radio Biafra (transmitter) that was introduced by Chidiebere and Obioma. I let him know that I will jump at the chance to see him which he requested that be come to Shoprite and I came and after I was taken to the MTN office by the MTN security watch group. From the workplace, in the wake of letting them know how the gear came to fruition and how I became more acquainted with about Chidiebere, I was taken to Enugu DSS office." (sic)
He expressed that the MTN from there on uninstalled the Radio Biafra transmitter.
He expressed that the MTN from there on uninstalled the Radio Biafra transmitter.
He included that the last time he talked with Chidiebere on the phone was the point at which he was at the DSS office in Enugu.
The Federal Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Mohammed Diri, who marked the new charges, the case outline and different procedures going with them for the benefit of the legislature, claimed that Nwawuisi consented to introduce the transmitters "and did introduce IPOB radio transmitters on MTN poles for a thought."
The arraignment asserted that the transmitters were pirated into Nigeria by the pioneer of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, and were found amid a pursuit in Madubugwu's living arrangement.
The Federal Government had charged Nwawuisi and Benjamin Madubugwu alongside the organizer of Radio Biafra and Kanu, with treachery and other related offenses incorporating administration and helping with the administration of an unlawful society (IPOB).
The blamed persons were accused of six numbers under the watchful eye of the Federal High Court in Abuja however have yet to be charged.
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