The management of Agidigbo FM has denied reports claiming that its chairman Oriyomi Hamzat, estranged wife of Ooni of Ife Naomi Silekunola and the Principal of Islamic High School Abdullahi Fasasi, have been released from prison custody.

In a statement on Saturday shared on Oriyomi Hamzat’s Facebook page, the management described reports of their release as “fake news” and urged the public to disregard them.

The statement, however, warned those spreading the news to desist from such acts.

The statement reads, “The Management of Agidigbo FM has described as fake news, the rumour circulating round that the chairman of Agidigbo 88.7FM Oriyomi Hamzat, ex-queen of Ooni of Ife Naomi Silekuola and the Principal of Islamic High School Abdullahi Mfasasi, have been released from prison, therefore urged the public to disregard the rumour and warned those spreading it to desist from such act.

“Stop the spread of fake news!!”

Reports say that Naomi Silekunola, who is being detained at Agodi prison following the stampede that claimed the lives of 35 people in Ibadan, Oyo State, was on hunger strike.

It quoted the mother, Mrs Funmilayo Ogunseyi, to have revealed this in an interview with journalists, claiming that when she visited her on Thursday at the custodial centre, she wasn’t feeling fine.

“She wasn’t happy about the whole incident. She loves children. The queen loves and helps children, single mothers, old women, and widows. She is still in pain that those children lost their lives because her intention was pure,” Ogunseyi said.

Ogunseyi explained that organising such an event to help people was what Naomi had been doing for years.

Hamzat and Fasasi were arraigned on December 24 before a Magistrate Court in Ibadan and subsequently remanded in prison.