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Alleged flogging: Chairman threatens to sue GM of Radio Bayelsa

15:42 Mar 29 2017 Bayelsa, Nigeria

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Mr Tonye Yemoleigha, one of the four workers allegedly flogged by the General Manager of Glory FM in Bayelsa, Mr John Idumange says he is heading to court to seek redress.
The lingering labour dispute at the FM station operated by Bayelsa government reached a climax on February 22 when the General Manager reportedly flogged four union leaders at their duty posts.

The union leaders were allegedly flogged for organising workers for a strike.
Yemoleigha, the Chairman of the Radio Bayelsa chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in Yenagoa on Tuesday that he had briefed his lawyer to sue for assault and defamation.
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