Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said policemen
who allegedly brutalised #OccupyLekkiTollgate protesters at the Lekki tollgate
last Saturday won’t go free.
Information and Strategy Commissioner Gbenga Omotoso stated
this on Monday at a media briefing organised by the Lekki Concession Company
(LCC).
He said Sanwo-Olu never directed the police to assault
anyone and would not stand by and watch Lagosians being brutalised.
Omotoso and LCC Managing Director Yomi Omomuwasan were
responding to the controversy surrounding the firm’s repossession of the Admiralty
Circle Toll Plaza, called Lekki Tollgate Plaza.
The firm regained possession of the facility following a
February 6 ruling of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution
for Victims of SARS-related abuses and the Lekki Tollgate incident of October
20.
But the panel’s decision was opposed by some youths, about
40 of whom were arrested at the facility and arraigned.
Popular comedian and activist, Debo Adebayo (aka Mr.
Macaroni), alleged that he and other protesters were stripped naked and beaten
in police custody, while their phones were smashed.
Omotoso absolved the state government of complicity in the
incident, saying Sanwo-Olu immediately directed the police to investigate the
matter.
He said: “The governor is very unhappy with what happened on
Saturday, that people were brutalized, and he has directed Police Commissioner
Hakeem Odumosu to investigate the matter. Whoever is found culpable, I assure
you, will not go without punishment. This is because Mr. Sanwo-Olu has said it
loud and clear that he is not somebody who will abuse the rights of others.
“That’s why when the whole thing started, you will recall,
he joined the protests twice. He waved the flag, he carried the placard and he
took the position of the protesters to the President. Besides that, he
addressed them. So, he is not going to be the one who will stand by and watch
Lagosians being brutalised.”
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