Lagos State Government has debunked the claim by Nigeria’s military authorities that the deployment of soldiers on the streets of Lagos is at its request.

In a statement issued last night, the of Government dubbed the accusation as false and misleading.

“The State Government challenges the Military authorities to show proof of the request of troop deployment to the streets of Lagos State.

”Instead of simply taking the honourable path by apologizing to the people of Lagos for an unpopular act, they have resorted to offering spurious and bogus claims aimed at deceiving the people.

”That this claim is coming four days after the Governor’s address, which he followed with a letter to the Presidency, is an obvious afterthought. It is also inconsistent with the explanation offered by the Minister of Defence who said that they deployed the soldiers in order to prevent a breakdown of law and order.

”This attempt to cover up has left the public with much confusion, as the Minister of Defence offered one reason and the Military authority has offered another. They should just take the honourable path by apologizing to the people of Lagos State and withdraw the soldiers forthwith.

”In the prevailing political dispensation, the administration of Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has always been in the vanguard of democratic principles as well as civility.

”In the light of the view of the Governor, it will be totally irrational to expect that the Governor would call on the Military to occupy the streets of Lagos.

”Also, it would be recalled that His Excellency went on air to denounce most vehemently the deployment of the soldiers in Lagos.

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http://www.lagosstatenews.com/news/lagos-govt-we-didn%E2%80%99t-ask-for-soldiers

shut up!

Security of lives and property is FG Business

mind ur own Lagos Business

Only a foooooool would take GEJ or any of his lying hench dogs serious. We  know that PDP-goons are shameless desperate lying  bastarrds. Always looking for a scape goat when the heat is pass on them.

richidinho:

shut up!

Security of lives and property  is FG Business

mind ur own Lagos Business

The action of FG is simply arrogant and disrespect to the people of Lagos due to their opposition to her policy of subsidy removal.

@richidinho

you are a consummate juvenile delinquent. You should learn to contribute to issues meaningfully and stop behaving like an Upper Iweka junction, Onitsha street urchin

na wa o

Whatever you say at the back of nigeria army cannot be said in thier front, it will be more bravery to go tell them face to face to leave lagos than ranting and chanting from the comfort of your room, for those saying soldiers should leave lagos for touts to take over should boldly get to ojota and tell them to leave, give peace a chance una no gree now na peace dey give una chance, he who brought in an ant infested firewood should be able to wage war against lizards,

Na today, Politics in Nigeria is all about telling lies. You must be a good liar to play d game,
@South east & south south people, Y are u guyz making noise on Tv? U thougt d yoruba's are f.o.o.l.s 4 prostesting all over d south west abi? U beta go back 2 ur place of work cuz if u keep protesting, u all are d biggest f.o.o.l.s in naija

bennyraz:

Na today, Politics in Nigeria is all about telling lies. You must be a good liar to play d game,
@South east & south south people, Y are u guyz making noise on Tv? U thougt d yoruba's are f.o.o.l.s 4 prostesting all over d south west abi? U beta go back 2 ur place of work cuz if u keep protesting, u all are d biggest f.o.o.l.s in naija

Gbam

WHERE ARE THE SOLDERS WHEN BH ARMY ARE DESTROYING KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE

FEAR OF THE LAGOSIAN IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM

GEJ ADMINISTRATION IS CONFUSE

WHY NOT VISIT CONFUSED DOT COME

No you did.
A child that asks his mother not to sleep is also asking himself not to sleep

it is really shameful of the Military to stoop so low with the ever-deceiving FG as their Mastermind. If u want to hang a dog what do u do to it, ? But the name of BRF wil not be tarnished by anyone. God Bless!

But the soldiers saved alot in lagos. Do u know wat would have happened if not for the military intervention? By the way must F G consult state gv to take some certain action?

all this uturn will be giving beaf vertigo

Pls i support the deployment of soldiers oh. because the police was there wen the criminals in lagos took over the whole street and were dealing with innocent citizens in the name of protest. Pls allow the soldiers atleast for the next one month

Wen lagosians living around lekky intend to stage a protest because of the toll-gate, didnt fashola deploy soldiers to stop them? Why should he complain that the F G deployed soldiers to stop crisis after 7days protest?

let the soldiers be, they are better than our corrupt police, if it where them is another opportunity to asking for what is not from motorist,and an opportunity to be collecting 50naira, i pity okada riders if is the police are the one to maintain peace, the soldiers computed themselves well unlike our me in black, let the soldiers stay for a while, if the army spoke man says fashola has been sponsoring the military personnel, and it is been debunked He(fashola) should withdraw its sponsorship then, we will now see who is deceiving who!

mgbidi2013:

But the soldiers saved alot in lagos. Do u know wat would have happened if not for the military intervention? By the way must F G consult state gv to take some certain action?

Are u a soothsayer? Oya tel us wat wuld have happend dat dint happen during the peaceful protest? U dnt undastand a democratic setting. Remove ur military cap nd put on a thinking cap.

GEJ ,i dont believe we are in serria leone,liberia or somalia so pls take off ur war boys out from the city of lagos

Thugs loot Lagos education, district offices
By Adegunle Olugbamila 19/01/2012 00:00:00

Like bees, they swarmed on the building, looting. The security-man fled when he saw them coming.

It all happend last Monday at the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) and Inspectorate Unit of Education District V, in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.

   They came under the guise of being part of those protesting the fuel subsidy removal.

The day had opened with the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the civil society organisations over the policy under the price of petrol, which jumped from N65 per litre to N141. However, things appeared calm until about 10am when a horde of hoodlums suddenly swarmed the streets in the guise of protesting the hike.

But they had a different mission - to loot, and the LGEA was one of the first places visited.  [/b]The LGEA shares premises with the Ojo chapter of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) as well as the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation licensing unit.

"It was about 10am. [b]The boys numbering about 200 came from Alaba Rago (an Hausa commercial neighbouhood, a stone throw to the building).  Immediately, I saw them I ran away because I was the only person here and I knew my strength couldn't match theirs. The thugs then forced the gate opened, smashed some of the windscreens of the vehicles within the premises and then stormed the building destroying everything in sight. They started removing air-conditioners, laptops and desktop computers, flat screen television sets and some commercial motocylces seized by the FRSC.

"Meanwhile, I stayed at a safe distance helpless as the hoodlums looted the building. In the midst of the operation, which lasted for over two hours, I called one of our ogas (boss) on phone to intimate him of what was happening. He immediately alerted the DPO of PPL police station who deployed some of his men. But when they arrived and saw the number of the hoodlums looting the building, they were afraid to move close to them.

"About two hours after, the police arrived with more officers but by this time, the entire building had been looted and the few hoodlums left ran off at the sight of the police."

Deputy Director of the District V Inspectorate Unit, Mr Rufus Adebayo, said the cost of stolen items runs into millions of naira.

Speaking through the district Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yinka Okunade, Adebayo told The Nation on phone that the Education Commissioner, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, was immediately informed of the development, adding that plans are in the top gear to work with the police to fish out the hoodlums.

"The police are aware of this and investigation is still on course," Adebayo said.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/education/33741-thugs-loot-lagos-education-district-offices.html

mgbidi2013:

But the soldiers saved alot in lagos. Do u know wat would have happened if not for the military intervention? By the way must F G consult state gv to take some certain action?

You don't get it. The question is not about the usefulness or otherwise of the presence of the soldiers but who authorized their deployment in the first place. The FG, or more appropriately, the army spokesman had claimed it came at the behest of the Lagos government-- a charge which Lagos has denied. So there is a question of integrity here. . .who is lying between them?

LASUTH Records 2 Deaths, Treats 72 Emergency Cases

The Head, Surgical Emergency Unit, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa said that two patients died out of the 72 patients treated for emergencies during the nationwide strike.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that 40 of the patients were currently receiving treatment while 21 of them had been discharged.

He said that 12 of those treated for injuries sustained during the strike were referred to other hospitals for further treatment.

“Many of the victims suffered from trauma cases, gunshot wounds, head injuries and cases of multiple stabbing.

“The casualties were mostly protesters brought here from different parts of the state, “ he said.

Mustafa told NAN that the management of LASUTH had placed the Emergency Unit on standby before the strike began because it anticipated such cases and prepared for them.

A medical practitioner at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Dr. Shopekhai Itakpe, told NAN that no protester was brought in for treatment during the strike.

He said that out-patients were very few during the strike.

“The few cases we treated were those that suffered as a result of one form of domestic accident that affected their bones or muscles,“ he said.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/19/lasuth-records-2-deaths-treats-72-emergeny-cases/

johnie:

Thugs loot Lagos education, district offices
By Adegunle Olugbamila 19/01/2012 00:00:00

Like bees, they swarmed on the building, looting. The security-man fled when he saw them coming.

It all happend last Monday at the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) and Inspectorate Unit of Education District V, in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.

   They came under the guise of being part of those protesting the fuel subsidy removal.

The day had opened with the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the civil society organisations over the policy under the price of petrol, which jumped from N65 per litre to N141. However, things appeared calm until about 10am when a horde of hoodlums suddenly swarmed the streets in the guise of protesting the hike.

But they had a different mission - to loot, and the LGEA was one of the first places visited.  [/b]The LGEA shares premises with the Ojo chapter of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) as well as the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation licensing unit.

"It was about 10am. [b]The boys numbering about 200 came from Alaba Rago (an Hausa commercial neighbouhood, a stone throw to the building).  Immediately, I saw them I ran away because I was the only person here and I knew my strength couldn't match theirs. The thugs then forced the gate opened, smashed some of the windscreens of the vehicles within the premises and then stormed the building destroying everything in sight. They started removing air-conditioners, laptops and desktop computers, flat screen television sets and some commercial motocylces seized by the FRSC.

"Meanwhile, I stayed at a safe distance helpless as the hoodlums looted the building. In the midst of the operation, which lasted for over two hours, I called one of our ogas (boss) on phone to intimate him of what was happening. He immediately alerted the DPO of PPL police station who deployed some of his men. But when they arrived and saw the number of the hoodlums looting the building, they were afraid to move close to them.

"About two hours after, the police arrived with more officers but by this time, the entire building had been looted and the few hoodlums left ran off at the sight of the police."

Deputy Director of the District V Inspectorate Unit, Mr Rufus Adebayo, said the cost of stolen items runs into millions of naira.

Speaking through the district Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yinka Okunade, Adebayo told The Nation on phone that the Education Commissioner, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, was immediately informed of the development, adding that plans are in the top gear to work with the police to fish out the hoodlums.

"The police are aware of this and investigation is still on course," Adebayo said.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/education/33741-thugs-loot-lagos-education-district-offices.html

these are the kinds of incidents one would have expected the soldiers to forestall. . .

Whats all this

mgbidi2013:

Wen lagosians living around lekky intend to stage a protest because of the toll-gate, didnt fashola deploy soldiers to stop them? Why should he complain that the F G deployed soldiers to stop crisis after 7days protest?

True talk! Hypocrisy is killing Fashola!

mgbidi2013:

But the soldiers saved alot in lagos. Do u know wat would have happened if not for the military intervention? By the way must F G consult state gv to take some certain action?

richidinho:

shut up!

Security of lives and property  is FG Business

mind ur own Lagos Business

Do you understand the principles of federalism and the tenets of democracy?

You asks for shiits, then you gets BIG shiits.

The lagos state govt is joking.
soldiers will remain in lagos beyond 2015 if they are not careful.

Beaf:

You asks for shiits, then you gets BIG shiits.

Beaf:



See me see trouble o! Shuuuuuuuuu! So na bros Fash been call di khaki boys? Na wa o!
Maybe somebody needs to "impeach" operation MESSA; we need a "revolution" against MESSA.
Aluta!

Pikin back go broke wit laf o!
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Beaf:

We have since learnt that it was Fashola that called in the troops.
Can we now give it a rest?

I no talk as - see as the monkey has been running mad talking out of top , bottom, left and right sides of his mouth, anus, nose and any orifice capable of discharging BS

Police arraign 20 youths in Lagos over protests
By Adebisi Onanuga 19/01/2012 00:00:00
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The Police in Lagos yesterday arraigned 20 youths before two Ikeja Magistrate’s Courts for offences ranging from possession of offensive weapons, unlawful assembly, conspiracy and breach of public peace.

The suspects were arrested during the six-day protests against petrol subsidy removal. They were charged before Magistrates A.T. Omoyele and A.O. Akinde.

Ahmed Jayeola, Daniel Sani, Taye Alani, Abiodun Olatunji, Gbenga Balogun, Ganiyu Amoo, Hassan Sikiru, Moshood Alao, Jamiu Alabi and Rasheed Gani were arrested at Ijora on January 10.

The prosecutor, Inspector Roman Unnigbe, said the accused persons wielded four cutlasses and other weapons and caused fear in the public.

Jamiu Oyewole, Jubril Wasiu, Bola Shinabola, Suraju Yakubu, Adekunle Yusuf, Kamorudeen Owolabi, Nojeemdeen Oshota, Fadare Babatunde, Sule Oladeyinbo and Oluwafemi Adewole were arrested at Ijaiye and Iyana Ipaja last Friday.

Police prosecutor Bridget Abor said the suspects conspired with others at large to cause a breach of peace.

All the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

They were granted bail in the sum of N10,000 each with one surety in like sum, who must provide evidence of tax payment.

The magistrates adjourned hearing till February 16.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/33804-police-arraign-20-youths-in-lagos-over-protests.html

I was opportune to talk to one of the commanders just about 20min ago about the deployment of soldiers to the street of Lagos and vehemently denied the allegation that Lagos state govt requested for soldiers. He took his time to explain the rationale behind it that the deployment was actually done to forestall sanity because the BH boys could seize the opportunity of killing more people because of the topographical nature of Lagos state alas the crowd