Monrovia – Fidel Saydee, co-host of the Costa Show which was aired on Roots FM before the station was shutdown, has told FrontPageAfrica that he has fled Liberia for the safety.
Saydee is also the Station Manager of Roots FM.
He recounted that when the Police stormed the station on the morning of October 10 to seize its equipment, he managed to escape the scene after he was threatened with arrest.
After the closure of the station, Saydee alleged that he was frequently tailed by individuals he believed are state security officials.
“Since then, I have been in hiding considering the incident of the late Innis who died under mysterious circumstances following reports of his knowledge of the controversial US$25 M mopped up exercise,” said Saydee in a written narrative to FrontPageAfrica on Tuesday, October 22.
According to him, he managed to discreetly travel out of the country to the Republic of Ghana, but later realized that he is still being followed by agents of the National Security Agency.
“Being very concern of my security, I opted to get away from the city center and stay clear of public discourses and radio appearances and at the same time seek a safe haven till the matter is properly adjudicated,” he explained.
“I do not feel secure here any longer as the President has his base in Ghana and anything could happen to me. Prior to reading that article, I got a message from a well-placed source that the NSA is aware that I’m in Ghana.”
– Fidell Saydee, Station Manager, Roots FM and Co-host of the Costa Show
“But it appears all of my moves have been monitored by the National Security Agency to the point where I was tailed and my campus reportedly visited on many occasions.”
He also claimed that propagandists of the government are using social media to disseminate hate messages against his person; something he says makes his life unsafe.
“Just on Monday, a covert propaganda social media arm of government (Grand Gedeh Hardtalk) reported my whereabouts; something that has sent shockwaves in my spine,” he said.
“I do not feel secure here any longer as the President has his base in Ghana and anything could happen to me. Prior to reading that article, I got a message from a well-placed source that the NSA is aware that I’m in Ghana.
“What was even scaring was the plethora of posts on social media from zealots of the administration celebrating the closure of our station and in some cases, unleashing threatening remark against our persons.”