President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State behind closed doors where he received pictorial reports on properties damaged by hoodlums during #EndSARS protests in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Sunday Aghaeze, the Personal Assistant to the President (Photography), confirmed this via pictorial reports on the meeting.
“The governor presented a report on the extent of the destruction suffered by Lagos State in the aftermath of the ENDSARS protests,” one of the captions of the pictures indicated.
NAN reports that the governor, however, declined to take questions from State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting.
It would be recalled that similar report on the aftermath of the ENDSAR protest by the Ministers from the south west zone of the country was presented to the president during the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, submitted the report on behalf of the affected ministers where they urged the Federal Government to support Lagos State to restore damaged facilities.
They particularly appealed for the immediate repair of those facilities related to the maintenance of law and order, and the administration of justice such as police stations, court buildings and forensic laboratory in the state.
Buhari had in Oct. 21 sent members of the Federal Executive Council to their home states, with a view to solicit the support of stakeholders including political, traditional, religious and community leaders against the violence that emanated from EndSARS protests.
The presidential directive was also meant to douse tensions that resulted from the EndSARS protests across the country.
Fashola said: “The other matter in which I briefed council on behalf of ministers from the South-West namely, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, representing Ekiti; Rauf Aregbesola, representing Osun, Sunday Dare, representing Oyo, Olamilekan Adegbite, representing Ogun, Olorunimbe Memora, Lagos and Tayo Alasoadura, representing Ondo, was in regard to how we executed the directive on the Oct. 21 to ministers, for us to visit our states’ governors.
“So, we first met and then met with governors. After meeting with the governors, the position of the governors was that Lagos being the epic center, commercial and strategic city state in the South-West is where we should all go.
“That was what informed our visit to Lagos. So, I just briefed council about the reports that were presented to us by the Lagos State Government when w
Abuja court remands 7 #EndSARS protesters in jail till January 2021
Operatives of the FCT police command on Friday dispersed youths who stormed the National Assembly complex to resume the #EndSARS protest.
The youths had gathered at the complex to continue their demonstration against police brutality and demand for comprehensive reform in the country’s internal security architecture.
However, the security operatives fired tear gas canisters to disrupt the mass action and force them out of the scene.
Following the action of security operatives, the protesters, led by activist Omoyele Sowore, dispersed calmly.
They, however, vowed to continue in the struggle until the authorities yield to their demands.
This came as the Lagos State Police command has warned that it would not tolerate any form of protest in the state.
Giving account of what transpired at the National Assembly, Sowore said: “We had completed the process when the police came and attacked us. We were leaving and from nowhere they brought in more reinforcements and started attacking.”
Sowore said that security forces smashed the rear window of his car as he was leaving the scene.
On the arrest made at the scene by the police, Adebayo said: “The police arrested five males and one female protester. They were immediately arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone II.
“The magistrate who presided over the matter remanded them in a correctional centre till January 2021.”
He, however, assured that the coalition would release further details on the charges preferred against the protesters after briefs from their lawyer.
