25 October 2009
Mr. OLUSEGUN AKINLOYE of Lagos declared last night that he was the person who wrote the petition to the Minister of Information and Communications on the issue of the sale of 2.3GHz Spectrum by NCC dated May 6th, 2009.
He said he did not use his letter headed paper because "such petitions are hardly given attention in the government circle. "Akinloye said "Even when such petitions are attended to, the petitioner becomes a subject of intimidation, harassment and other forms of attack."
He said "Such petitions always work against the petitioner in public service. As a telecom operator I was afraid of my company being victimised or even attacked."
He said he wrote the petition in order "to convey to Mr. President and the Minister of Information and Communications the untidiness of the 2.3GHz sale process. The process not only excluded most telecom operators but did not even give fair opportunity to those who wanted to participate."
"Initially, I did not want to come out, but I am now challenged by the boldness of the Minister who has come out fight for a just cause. More importantly, after reading today's Guardian newspaper, Monday June 22nd, 2009, I feel compelled to reveal my identity because of the following reasons: 1] The report in the Guardian of Monday 22nd, 2009 saying that the petition was perhaps not real 2] I can see that the issue has shifted from the substance of the petition to the identity of the petitioner.
He said he decided to come out "because if I don't speak up, people like the Minister who want to see things done right will be discouraged from fighting for justice in the future."
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