I got N150,000 to install Radio Biafra transmitter – Suspect

A 29-year-old telecomunication maintenance engineer, arrested in connection with the installation on Radio Biafra transmitter on an MTN mast in Ngwo, Enugu State has revealed that he got an initial payment of 150,000 Naira.

David Nwawuisi, 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 he was contacted by one Chidiebere Onwudiwe, who's still at large to seal the deal for the installation of the transmitter.

The Federal Government had charged Nwawuisi and Benjamin Madubugwu along with the founder of Radio Biafra and Kanu, with treason and other related offences including management and assisting in the management of an unlawful society (IPOB).

The accused persons were charged with six counts before the Federal High Court in Abuja but have yet to be arraigned.