The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today (Saturday) paid a visit to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the State House in Marina, Lagos.
Speaking to journalists shortly after paying a condolence visit to Governor Babajide at the State House, Marina, Asiwaju Tinubu, who was accompanied by his son.
Tinubu, the first governor of Lagos State in the Fourth Republic, also debunked the report in some media, especially the social media, that he fled Nigeria for safety after the Tuesday’s shootings at Lekki Toll Gate.
Asiwaju expressed his displeasure on the invasion, destruction and wanton of looting of public and private assets in the state after hoodlums and other criminal elements hijacked the #EndSARS protest.
He denied any involvement in the Tuesday shooting of #EndSARS protesters by some Nigerian Army in Lagos on Tuesday.
The APC National Leader says he’s ready for inquiries on the incident, stated that the purpose of his meeting with Sanwo-Olu was to ask him if he had ordered soldiers to attack #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday.
“if he didn’t order the attack, who ordered the attack? That’s all I needed from him” the former Lagos State Governor said.
“For those who suffered casualty from SARS, the Commission of Inquiry that is already set up will unearth that and will make their recommendations”.
“I trust the calibre and the character of the people there, they are independent. That is one” he asserted.
Lagos Panorama reported that some business concerns linked to him, which include Television Continental (TVC) and The Nation were attacked by hoodlums in Lagos on Wednesday.
Mr Tinubu noted that “Those who suffered casualty during the gunshots need to answer some questions too”.
“Even though we want to help, we still must extract information that will help the government to prepare in future and understand how and when to react because the governor, in particular, is a youth”.
“As a youth himself, he quickly went to Abuja with the 5/5. The government immediately put into action, dissolved the SARS and had to work through other recommended actions, the needs they demanded. Within a few days, he reported back to the public. That is responsive enough”.
He opined that “first, we have to segregate the calendar, those who suffered casualty before the protests from the hands of SARS. You have to separate that from those who suffered casualty due to what happened at the toll gate”.
“But where are we getting the looting, the carnage, the burning, the invasion of police stations, stealing of arms, maiming of the innocent? It is a handshake beyond the elbow.”
He stated that he did not travel out of the country as reported by some sections of the media, that he had traveled to London and Paris in the past few days, the APC Leader said, “I didn’t go nowhere; I’m a Lagosian and I still hold the title of Asiwaju of Lagos and I am still the Jagaban.
“Fake news is all over the place. They said Seyi my son was kidnapped and was chased but look at him. I didn’t pay a penny to bring him here.”
