Tribune denies receiving money from Nduka Obaigbena.

The African Newspapers of Nigeria ( ANN) Plc, publishers of the Tribune titles, has denied receiving any money through the publisher of Thisday newspapers, Mr Nduka Obaigbena, as compensation for attacks on its operations and personnel by soldiers in June, 2014 although it filed claims like all other newspaper companies as requested for by the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).
A statement signed by the company’s Managing Director/ Editor- in- Chief, Mr Edward Dickson, faulted claims made by Mr Obaigbena that the Tribune was one of the 12 newspaper companies compensated by the Federal Government for the June 2014 attacks on newspapers, their circulation personnel and vehicles by soldiers in Abuja and parts of the north.
The two paragraph statement reads:
“Our attention has been drawn to claims by the Publisher of Thisday newspapers who is also President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, that a sum of N10 million was paid to our company through NPAN by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) as compensation for the disruption of our circulation operations, seizure of our newspapers and damage to our property by soldiers in June, 2014.
“Although, like other NPAN members, we filed claims as requested for by NPAN, the fact of the matter is that up till this moment, 11th December, 2015, our company is yet to receive a kobo as compensation from NPAN for the 2014 disruptive activities of the military to our operations.”