U.S . Grants Asylum To Ohimai Amaize, Former AIT Journalist
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Ohimai Amaize, 35, a former AIT Television presenter who fled Nigeria last year, has been granted asylum in the United States of America, He fled Abuja in June 2019 following claims he was being pursued by Nigerian security agents with intention to arraign him for treason.
The alleged conspiracy was from a showdown between the government and AIT and its trendy morning show, ‘Kakaaki Social’.
The Nigerian broadcast stations regulator, NBC, shut down the station for about 24 hours, alleging multiple infractions on federal guidelines for broadcasters. Although the station was reopened following a court order, its headquarters in Abuja was surrounded by armed officers from the State Security Service, SSS.
Mr Amaize criticised the guidelines as not logical and suppresive. He fled for his life to New York on June 11, alleging threats to his safety by the SSS, police and other state agents. His wife, an Abuja-based fashion designer, also left Nigeria a few weeks later to join him. .
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“My forced exit from Nigeria last year has been a very traumatising experience for me and my family,” Mr Amaize told PREMIUM TIMES. “I am very happy and I thank God for this development.”
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