Armed Robbers Cart Away Phones, Laptops, Computers in Yinka Ayefele’s Radio Station

By Damilare Adeleye

A gang of armed robbers have reportedly on Sunday, morning stormed a radio station, FRESH FM, owned by popular musician Yinka Ayefele in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State.

It was learned that the three-man gang of robbers took away phones, laptops, ATM cards, and gadgets during their operation which occurred around 6am on Sunday.

It was learnt that the incident which caused some minutes disruption of service to the station, happened while a gospel programme hosted by Agboola Babatunmise was being aired.

A source in the station revealed that; “Three armed robbers came just after 6am while the gospel tune programme hosted by Agboola Babatunmise was on.

“They gained entry through the front door. They were fully armed. They took all our mobile telephones and laptops computers. They also took away laptops and desktop computers belonging to the station.

“Although they could not gain entrance into the studio where the live programme was being aired, we were all shocked and had to go off air for some time while the robbers were around.

“There was fear that they might do us arm if we mention it immediately while they were still with us. Ayefele, the chairman has rushed to the office to ascertain the extent of the loss. Thank God no life was lost in the attack.”