The management of the broadcast station owned by popular broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat, has said that it is not the organisers of the Ibadan children fair where a stampede killed many childrem.
It sympathised with the victims in a statement signed by its Director of Programmes, Olayinka Abdulwahab but said it was just a media partner.
While it explicitly noted that it was a media partner to the event and not the organiser of the funfair, the management made frantic moves to sensitise the participants when it realised that the venue was crowded.
It said, among others, “This is to inform the general public that the management of Agidigbo FM, Ibadan received the news of the tragedy that heralded the children’s funfair at Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, organised by the WINGS Foundation, with great shock and wholeheartedly commiserate with the families involved.
“Amidst the tragedy, the news making the rounds is that Agidigbo FM is the organiser of the children’s funfair. However, the management wishes to state that Agidigbo FM is not the organiser of the event but one of the media outfits used to promote the event.”
