Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Wale Ajetunmobi.
Mr. Gboyega Akosile, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, announced the suspension in a terse statement on Tuesday.
The suspension of Ajetunmobi, is as a result of his post on his X account, revealing those who burnt Television Continental (TVC) in 2020 during the #EndSARS protest had been “hunted down and executed”.
Prompt News reports that Akosile, posited that the comment was a misrepresentation of what happened then as the state government does not in any way support extra-judicial killing.
“Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr. Wale Ajetunmobi.
“Mr. Ajetunmobi’s suspension comes on the heels of the misrepresentation of facts on his personal “X” account on a past incident.
“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,” Sanwo-Olu’s Media Adviser said in the statement.
Ajetunmobi had posted on his X handle thus:
“The full story of people who burnt down TVC in 2020 will be told one day, with gory clips and images.
“One thing to note: majority of them have been hunted down and executed.
“One of them, a young boy trading in cooking gas around Ketu, was found with AK-47 at the site.
“Even his neighbours were shocked.
“But the full gist is better saved for later.”
When asked by an X user: @hamoye4real, to clarify his post on the “extra-judicial killings, Ajetunmobi said: “Lol… you want to create a narrative in your head.
“What is extrajudicial killing here?
“Some of the people were chased by soldiers and exchange of fire occurred.
“Then arsonists were overpowered and killed in the process.
“Others ran away.
“Is that an extra-judicial killing to you?”
Ajetunmobi shortly after this deleted the post and reactions to them, THE EAGLE ONLINE said.
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