Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr. Wale Ajetunmobi.
This was made known in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday morning signed by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile.
Ajetunmobi’s suspension comes on the heels of the alleged misrepresentation of facts on his personal “X” account on a past incident.
He had took to X days ago to claim that some arsonists who torched the Television Continental (TVC) head office in Lagos during the #EndSARS protest in 2020 were “hunted and executed.” This points to allegations of extra-judicial k!llings during the protest.
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on #EndSARS and police brutality had indicted Sanwo-Olu in the brutal intervention of the Nigerian Army at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20. However, the state government rejected the report indicting Sanwo-Olu and the Nigerian Army.
Four years after the incident, Ajetunmobi, said on X that the majority of the arsonists who burnt TVC head office have been “hunted and executed.” His posts were soon deleted but screenshots were taken and Nigerians asked him to explain.
“The Governor wishes to state categorically that his administration frowns at any form of extra judicial punishment and will not be a part of any such action. That is not who we are. That is not our way,” the statement added.
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