Cash squeeze has claimed another casualty and this time in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, as a popular radio presenter slumped and died on Saturday morning while trekking from his house to the office.
The late presenter popularly known as Baba Bintin, who worked with an Ibadan-based private radio station — Fresh FM –had trekked several kilometers from Amuloko to Fresh FM station at Challenge with the hope of getting a Point Of Sale (POS) agent to get cash even at cut-throat charges.
Persecondnews reports that the death of Baba Bintin was announced during a radio programme by the ace radio twins, Komolafe Olaiya and Olalomi Amole, Oyin Ado on Saturday morning.
During the programme on Saturday morning, the duo had spoken about the unusual lateness of the presenter to the studios but towards the end of the programme, the presenters announced that “he died while trekking from Amuloko to Fresh FM at Challenge this morning (Saturday) with the hope of getting Point Of Sale, POS agent to get cash.”
In an audio played on the radio, a man said they found him slumped on his way to the office and rushed him to the University College Hospital, UCH, but died on getting to the hospital.
Baba Bintin who usually speaks Ijesha dialect and usually addressed as “Boda Olu” and “Uncle” by Komolafe was a comic presenter on Oyin Ado programme on Saturdays giving updates on markets in the state.
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