‘I was paid N150,000 to place transmitters on MTN masts,’ Engineer confesses

Telecommunications maintenance engineer, David Nwawuisi has confessed to receiving an initial sum of N150,000 to install a Radio Biafra transmitter on an MTN mast in Enugu State.

Nwawuisi made the revelation in a statement he submitted to the Department of State Services (DSS) after his arrest, Punch reports.

He 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 payment of the balance was done two weeks after the installation of the radio (transmitter). On three different occasions, Chidiebere and Obioma called me to do some maintenance on the radio (transmitter). I gave them access into the site and left and when they finished, the security woman informed me that they are through and I came and locked the site.”

Nwawuisi has been charged for the crime along with Radio Biafra founder, Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently being held by the DSS for committing treason.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the likelihood of the Biafra leader being freed on bail after revealing that he came into Nigeria without a passport.

Kanu was arrested in October and supposedly granted bail but he was never freed.

His continued detention has led his followers to launch protests in various part of the country to demand his freedom.