The stigma of been aware of the truth behind the death of their professional colleague ,late Mr Dele Giwa was what drove the owners of the company to actually sell it to another investor.
Investigations exclusively on the subject in 2009 showed that while the extremely dubious directors were busy feeding fat on the Dele Giwa legacy they actually had a Babangida mole inside the company,
Checks showed that when the company was formed ,Chief Alex Akinyele who was at some point the image maker of the Nigerian Customs was made a member of the Board of Directors ,however when Mr Giwa got enmeshed in the “Gloria Okon affair” and eventually got blown apart by a letter bomb sometimes later ,the Ondo high Chief was made Minister of Information.
it was learned that this was one of a grand plan by the “gap -toothed”General to cover up his tracks which was consistently blown open by the deceased lawyer, Chief Ganiyu Fawenhinmi.
When Chief Akinyele left the Newswatch Board to launder the government’s image and help to cushion up the system due to the tension created by Chief Fawenhinmi ,another mole by the name of a certain Mike Adenuga Junior was installed as a Board Member in the company.
At this time in history it was easy for the racket to have been perfected as Mr Mike Adenuga Junior was not yet a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s politics and business life like he is today.
Today,Mr Mike Adenuga has since transited into becoming an “Otunba”,a chieftaincy title in his native Yoruba land depicting the fortune that has smiled on him after returning to Nigeria from the United States where he did menial jobs like Security guard,taxi driving among others to keep body and soul together while finishing his university education about the same time.
Investigations by on the Dele Giwa letter bomb saga showed that long before the reporter was mowed down by assailants who remained at large till date ,the journalist was actually under surveillance without his knowledge.
Checks showed that Talabi Street off Adeniyi Jones Avenue in Ikeja where the “Star Editor” lived before an early death was probably the largest civilian owned military barracks in the world.
It was learned that landlords wanting to be in the good books of the regime at the time rented ,leased or sold their properties to various formations in the military top brass and since Talabi Estate Resident Association normally had a meeting of landlords and tenants monthly it was easy for the Babangida regime to monitor what was happening in the area.
It was discovered that due to the several warnings of military zone inscription at Talabi Street back then ,an air of intimidation was unleashed on residents and passer –by by the military so as to maintain sealed lips on the motive behind the Dele Giwa murder.
The Difference Newspaper gathered as at then albeit exclusively that a former military administrator of one of the south western states and who later became a diplomat under a civilian dispensation was in fact the dispatch rider from Dodan Barracks who gave the mail that sent Mr Dele Giwa to a journey of no return.
When This reporter called at what was called First Foundation Hospital at Opebi in Ikeja,Lagos to ask questions on Mr Giwa’s medical history as that was where he gave up the ghost it was discovered that the health institution was no longer offering out-patient services in Nigeria but was now selling bio-medical engineering equipments.
Forensic checks showed that the same organization was now offering the same out -patient facility in the United States though they were the first beneficiary of any government health care contract at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja.
It was learned that by legal norms the public did not have the right to ask for any form of information if it has ceased to exist or operate and this was why it meant that the press,the police and the judiciary will not be able to ask questions in the future about the case file of Mr Dele Giwa.
When this reporter paid a visit to Mr Bala Dan Abu, then an Editor with New swatch over the Dele Giwa saga,he simply threw the reporter out of his office despite protocols observed insisting that he was not served a prior notice .
Three years down the line, Messrs Ekpu,Mohammed and others are about the greatest laughing stock in the entire media community both in Nigeria and globally for shooting themselves in the legs by selling the Newswatch Magazine to business mogul, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim .
Shortly after the sale of the company,the Founders of Newswatch Magazine suddenly woke up to realize that they had no office or baby to look up to again and then they started to shed crocodile tears all over the place .
Today the war of words between Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim and the Founders of Newswatch magazine is now a subject of a major case study in “how- not –to- do –evil”.
It was uncovered that despite the names of Mr Dele Giwa boldly written as the Founder of the magazine the royalty accrued to him was negligible aside from the fact that none of his family members ever sat on the Board of Directors of the Newswatch magazine,25 years after the death of the founder.
They recently tried to wipe away public sentiments by placing advertorials in a news magazine to honor the memory of their deceased colleague ,Mr Dele Giwa .
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