..May petition NBC
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
Kaduna based businessman and Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dialogue Group, Dialogue Global Links Ltd, Dr Muhammad Mahdi Shehu has accused the management of Vision FM Radio station of unprofessional misconduct and libel defamation.
Dr Mahdi alleged that the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Vision FM, Umar Farok has been using his Station as a platform to insult his personality and his family in Katsina State.
According to Dr Mahdi, Vision FM radio station in Katsina became a platform where people loyal to the State Government used to defame his character and that of his family.
Dr. Mahdi lamented that Farok denied him and even his supporters same opportunity to used the same platform to react to the malicious allegations against him by people he described as miscreants using gutter language to paint him red, black and Malou, adding ” I’ve evidence.
Dialogue boss alleged that Vision FM CEO owed him over N71,700, 000. 00 balance of his property sold to him in Kano State.
Dr. Mahdi explained that the Vision FM radio station owner, Umar Farok is over exploiting his magnanimity and patient over the debt that has dragged for more than 45months.
In a documents signed and made available to our correspondent, Dr Mahdi stated that he sold his property located at Farm Center in Kano state at the considerable rate of N275,000,000.00 since may 2017.
The statement dated 27th March 2021, Dr Mahdi lamented that between June 2017 and 2020, Farok made staggered payments totally N194 million with the last payment of N2 million in May 2020.
Chairman of Dialogue Group, in a letters addressed to the Vision FM CEO stated that he gave Farok full physical possession of the property in question and all the equipment as well as the property original title documents.
Mahdi also stated that he’s aware that the property has been put into full commercial usage by Farok and earning some revenue out of it, saying the gesture was his display of rare magnanimity, patience and brotherhood “all good in faith”.
“This is in to allowing you to occupy one of my properties in kaduna where you operate your kaduna Radio station free of charge of any payment burden.
“It’s in view of all the above loud and many other silent reasons that iam writing to request that you make an immediate arrangement to pay the balance of the over N71 million on or before 7 April 2021.
“In the unlikely that I do not received full payment of the amount (as in 9) I’ll be left with no option but to take further steps as necessary to recover the said balance”, Mahdi threatened”, he stated.
