The lingering labour dispute at the FM station, operated by the Bayelsa State Government, reached a climax on February 22 when the General Manager reportedly flogged four union leaders at their duty posts
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that staff on morning duty noticed that the transmission station was shut down and reported the incident to both management and union leaders
The GM said it was his knowledge of karate that saved him from being beaten up by the unionists
Some reports had said the staffers were whipped by suspected thugs
The workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union, called for the general manager sack at their emergency congress in Yenagoa