B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News! Gov Okorocha Closes HOT 99.5FM In Owerri.

**HOT 99.5FM played a major role in the 2011 election
of Okorocha when the then, Governor Ohakim stopped
the state radio and television from broadcasting
Okorocha's campaign news.
The Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha's moves to
crush his opponents has reached a new height, as one
of the prominent radio station that campaigned
vigorously for his election has been ordered to close
down.
The Governor directed the management of Owerri
Capital Development Authority (OCDA) to issue the
Owerri based private radio station, HOT 99.5 FM, seven
days to quit its present premises.
The Imo State Government agency read the riot act in a
letter it addressed to the management of the radio
station, dated Sept. 17, 2013, and signed by one Chief
Amadi.
HOT 99.5FM station, is owned by Senator Chris
Anyanwu (APGA) is located located along Musa
Yar’Adua Drive, New Owerri. The HOT FM owner was
attacked by Governor Okorocha months ago, when the
governor ran into her convoy. The Imo state Governor
is dealing with APGA members who refused to join him
to APC and doing everything within his power to
humble them.
Ardent listeners of the radio station and careful political
watchers in the state have described the current travail
of the broadcast outfit as ”sheer vendetta and a ploy to
force the station to either close down or relocate to
another state”.
HOT 99.5FM radio station played a major role during
the election of Governor Rochas Okorocha in 2011,
when the then, Governor Ikedi Ohakim stopped the
state radio and television from broadcasting
Okorocha's campaign news.