The management of Folio Media Group (FMG), publishers of The Daily Times, has continued to condemn the contrived arraignment and remand of the publish
The management of Folio Media Group (FMG), publishers of The Daily Times, has continued to condemn the contrived arraignment and remand of the publisher of The Daily Times newspaper, Mr. Fidelis Anosike and the Group Managing Director, Mr. Noel Anosike on Tuesday through the connivance of Senator Ikechukwu Obiora and the Nigeria Police at the Magistrates’ Court, Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Folio Media Group in a statement on Wednesday said in carrying out the strange arraignment before the court, Obiora and his cohorts, decided to engage in an unusual practice of approaching a court that lacks the jurisdiction over a matter that is currently pending before the Court of Appeal.
“The attempt is to stop the heritage publication from further publication and kill the tabloid. The issue at stake is already being addressed by the court of competent jurisdiction and not a magistrate’ court that lacks the power to entertain such suit.
“We also wish to inform the general public that no amount of connivance and court processes manipulation will deter the management from production in a desperate attempt to rubbish and discredit the owners of the newspaper. “It is clear that Senator Obiora does not want The Daily Times to survive but it is clear to him and his cohorts that the heritage newspaper is on course to redefine the newspaper industry in the country.
“The ruling by the presiding Magistrate, Azubuike Ukagu, has clearly demonstrated lack of conscience and integrity as he decided to favour the complainant who is hell-bent on destroying the heritage newspaper instead of following the due process of the law. This action is short-lived and it will come to pass shortly. The Daily Times is alive and it has come to stay after its reinventing, repackaging and being consistently visible on the newsstand,” the statement added.
