LAGOS COORDINATED ATTACKS AN ATTEMPT TO WEAKEN SOUTHWEST ECONOMY - GOVERNORS

•Ministers, Southwest Governors: We Stand With Sanwo-Olu

•Akeredolu To Igbo: Disregard Threat Of Violence By Adeyinka Grandson

Shock! This was the expression on the faces of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) members from Southwest and Governors as they toured the public assets and private properties destroyed in Wednesday's coordinated arson in Lagos State.

The Governors and the Ministers were in Lagos on Sunday to commiserate with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the large-scale destruction of public and private facilities by hoodlums who had hijacked the #EndSARS protests by youths.

The delegation of Governors and Ministers was personally received by Sanwo-Olu at the State House in Marina, where the Lagos helmsman showed them the pictorial evidence of the violence before visiting some the torched assets - the Lagos High Court, the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) building and the Forensic Lab.

Many sighed endlessly; others were simply shaking their heads. Some brought their phones and took photographs of the “scene of war”.

At a joint press conference held after the tour, chairman of Southwest Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, likened Lagos to a war zone, given the extent of the destruction.

He said the violence that resulted from the EndSARS protest left much to be desired, stressing that there was an agenda beyond the youth demonstration against police brutality.

He said: “We are deeply concerned with the ease with which public buildings, utilities, police stations and investment of our people have been burnt despite the proximity of security agencies in those areas. The development leaves us with no other option than to believe that there may be other reasons for continued protests, well coordinated and funded.

“We are particularly worried that 48 hours after the unfortunate incident at the Lekki Toll Gate by persons adorning military outfit, there has been no definitive statement from the military authorities on the incident. Our anxiety becomes heightened by the categorical denial of the Governor of Lagos State concerning the military deployment. No Governor has powers to authorise deployment of military personnel in Nigeria.”

The Governors also condemned "sacrilegious" attack on the palace of the Oba of Lagos and decried what they called “vile attack” on All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and businesses in which he has interest.

Akeredolu said the regression into savagery exposed Southwest’s vulnerability to manipulation by divisive elements bent on annihilating the region’s economic prosperity and destroying its common heritage.

The Governors applauded Sanwo-Olu for his patience and the manner with which he handled the situation.

The Forum demanded an investigation into the circumstances that led to the destruction of public assets and private businesses in Lagos.

“We commend Gov. Sanwo-Olu for his administrative acumen. We note his patience and understanding in the face of unwarranted provocation by agents of darkness. We stand resolutely with him at this trying period. We urged our youths to rise up and defend our land against diabolical incursion ravaging our space. We cannot continue to fold our hands and watch our heritage destroyed,” Akeredolu said.

The Southwest Governors unanimously disowned the war-mongering rhetoric of a man, Adeyinka Grandson, in a video circulating in the social media. They urged the Yoruba and non-Yoruba residents in the Southwest to disregard the threat of violence issued in the video, saying the “secessionist” had no authority to speak for the Yoruba.

Akeredolu said: “The element (Adeyinka Grandson) has no authority to speak on our behalf. We call on our brothers who are non-Yoruba natives to go about their normal businesses with out fear. Southwest region will continue to be made habitable for all.”

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, said the visit was at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that words were not enough to describe the extent of the destruction wreaked by the arsonists.

Fashola hailed Sanwo-Olu for his “untiring effort” to restore peace in the State, cautioning those posting inflammatory comments in the social media to desist from the act. He urged all Lagos residents to unite and collectively address the cause of the violence, stressing that the State Government needed the support of all in unraveling the truth.

Other Governors in the delegation included Oyo and Ekiti states, Engr. Seyi Makinde, and Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Other FEC members, who visited Sanwo-Olu include Minister for Sport and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, Minister for Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Industry, Trade and Development, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Niger Delta, Sen. Omotayo Alasoadura, and Minister for Mines and Steel Development,
Olamilekan Adegbite.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, who also visited Sanwo-Olu, condemned the violence and destruction of properties in Lagos.

Gbajabiamila, who was accompanied by members of the House of Representatives from Lagos State, urged people not to read ethnic dimension to the issue, promising that the lower chamber of the National Assembly would do all within its power in rebuilding Lagos and other states affected by the violence.

He said: “This certainly is not Lagos State of our dream that we all talk about. I believe that no matter brave or face anyone put into it, even the protesters have their regrets that things went this far. From my understanding and from what I have seen, those who were for the protests and those who did not join were all affected. It is very unfortunate to see the level of destruction.”


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Mynd44

Conspiracy theories everywhere

Hypocritical cowards


Cowardice Hypocrisy


Face who face you




Criminals will always return to their crime scene. It's an absolute rule.


Look at the hypocritical shameless things. Cowards. Never in tune with reality



Ever heard the statement that guilty persons are the one who cry the most.

Act One, Scene One...

I will hastily declare a curfew...says the other guy on the other end of the phone.


..when I declare the curfew,it will be so hasty that many will be trapped, come and spray them off and make sure you do a neat job ..



Forgetting things don't always go as planned



Finally when it all blows up, the hypocritical coward as usual same way the Russian card is played,blames a guy in United Kingdom to divert attention from his crime



Infact because of his calm look, he receives the gullible feigning innocence meanwhile was the master craft behind the Carnage .He goes further to launder his actions by being the first to visit survivors in the hospital


There you have it. Humanity greatest trickster of 2020

The loyal omoluabi himself. The coward hypocritical two-faced criminal and massrcist like no other.Babajide Sanwo Olu

An attempt by who exactly?

Ask Jaganban if its true

Sowing tribalism to reap division so they can continue their corrupt grip on the people.


Same old tactic

End nyash sorry end sars

No, it’s your failure to provide security and sincere leadership. It is because you are loyal to a party and baba sope, instead of the people who voted you in. So you better learn from this or one day you will wake up with hoodlums pointing a gun in your face. It’s time to stop running away from your bad decisions and do the right thing.

They’re now throwing their ethnic cards to weaken our solidarity.

No Nigerian politician will make Heaven!

Indeed Yoruba land has been poked!
They have shown through the destruction of private properties in Lagos that Lagos is a "no man's land ".

The attack on the palace of Oba of Lagos is suspicious and pointed. What concern Oba of Lagos with this issue?

The best way to safeguard our heritage is to bin Nigeria. What are these governors doing towards achieving that? I forgot, as long as they're governors the wishes of majority of the Yoruba who actually want to leave the God forsaken British cage do not matter.

They have started playing the script. Dont fall for it

It was really obvious that there's an agenda to disrupt things here. Because you can't just help to ask, why Lagos of all places? And the rate at which those celebrities and Twitter influencers kept fanning violence and more violence that particular, I knew something is directly wrong, directed at BAT and the Lagos State government in general.

Of course

yes we know

Davash222:
They’re now throwing their ethnic cards to weaken our solidarity.

No Nigerian politician will make Heaven!

and you wönder why we did not believe them and continued the protesting.

Yes, We know their disdain for Lagos development, if these people have power they can drain the ocean and make the SW a landlocked region but God pass them. What baffles some of us is how some stupiid Yorubas joined them.

Lekki massacre exposed

If any youth want to protest, he should go to his father state and do it their, south west is not battle ground

Why do people like lying to themselves ...there is hunger in lagos and there is anger ...

First time I visited lagos first thing I noticed was simple only politicians , big business people , senior oil workers ,and top Yahoo boys enjoy lagos ....the rest live from hand to mouth

Any one who earns less than 6 million a year in lagos is just struggling ...and 80% of lagos earn less than 2 million a year
60% earn less than 1 million a year ...

The poor mass in lagos and high rate of unemployment is a ticking time bomb ... honestly the next protest would be worse

Buharis nepotistic behaviour and SARS officers brutality causes anger nothing more, you guys should have the gut to say the truth sometimes. You guys should accept the fact that buhari has failed in terms of people's expectations. He keep increasing everything but keep threatening people from protesting labor unions is no more working and people thought they are not properly re-presented. Tell buhari the south need to feel him the way the north is feeling him

why are yeroba Muslims whining like a bish
as if they're among those that contributes to Lagos economy

bunch of Agberos and omoniles

Tinubu's cretins and urchins

okay

He said: “We are deeply concerned with the ease with which public buildings, utilities, police stations and investment of our people have been burnt despite the proximity of security agencies in those areas. The development leaves us with no other option than to believe that there may be other reasons for continued protests, well coordinated and funded.

I said it. This is a political attack. It was well orchestrated. Please all those at the protest ground should be investigated.

Daddysidhan:
Buharis nepotistic behaviour and SARS officers brutality causes anger nothing more, you guys should have the gut to say the truth sometimes. You guys should accept the fact that buhari has failed in terms of people's expectations. He keep increasing everything but keep threatening people from protesting labor unions is no more working and people thought they are not properly re-presented. Tell buhari the south need to feel him the way the north is feeling him

Kpakam

Love the unity that we're seeing from the Southwest governors. And I thank Tinubu for setting up good leaders in the state of Lagos that continue to lead Lagos and the Southwest region forward.

GOD BLESS SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA!


Also, see how Adeyinka Grandson has seen a METEORIC RISE in the time span of 1week. The southwestern governors watching his videos says that he must be saying some HARD TRUTHS. Or else he wouldn't be getting the focus he's getting. We shall see what happens.

We all know IPOB members are to be held responsible.

The Southwest Governors unanimously disowned the war-mongering rhetoric of a man, Adeyinka Grandson, in a video circulating in the social media. They urged the Yoruba and non-Yoruba residents in the Southwest to disregard the threat of violence issued in the video, saying the “secessionist” had no authority to speak for the Yoruba.

Is this not what the South East's Governors should also have done against Kanu?

Kanu will soon cross his boundary with other region.

Nobody destroyed the economy of Lagos, we destroyed it ourselves. The educational institution we destroyed, the thugs(Agbero) we raised, the gluttonous looting of public institutions, the political justification over merit over employment have come home to roost. There was hunger in the land and we all failed woefully to address it, and yet we want to sleep with both eyes closed, until these injustices are addressed there is never going to rest of mind for everybody. Therefore all this statement about foreign invasion is just expose our political leaders are been disillusioned about the reality.

Lol see them coming out of their bunkers
Some of the so call governors were aready in cotonou some in ghana .