Anthony Adeyinka, Senior Special Assistant on Sports to
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended operatives of the Lagos
State Police Command over their handling of the June 12 protest in the state.
He spoke with The PUNCH Video crew at the Lekki Toll Plaza
on Saturday morning.
According to him, the police rose to the occasion to
disperse hoodlums, who wanted to hijack the protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Park
in the Ojota area in Lagos State.
Policemen fired tear gas
canisters and gunshots at the Ojota venue of the protest earlier on Saturday.
When asked why the police fired tear gas at the Gani
Fawehinmi Park, the governor’s aide said, “I was impressed with the way the
police handled that situation, it was not the activists, it was the hoodlums
that wanted to hijack that protest.
“The people were at Ojota peacefully. The activists were
addressing themselves that what they want is a peaceful demonstration but the
hoodlums, the miscreants as we all know them wanted to hijack the peaceful
demonstration but the police rose to that occasion and made sure the thing was
put in order.”
Adeyinka added, “The youths in Lagos are ready to work in
synergy with the state government. The last thing that happened during the
#EndSARS showed how hoodlums hijacked a proposed peaceful protest but we give
thanks to God that the youths are able to come together and work together with
the governor and make sure there is peace in the state.”
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