Iroyin kan lo fo jade lau
lale ana wi pe, awon kan ti ji iya Gomina Akinwunmi Ambode gbe salo. Sugbon,
atejade kan ti jade lati ile ijoba ipinle Eko bayii eleyii to tako iroyin naa.
Atejade naa ni yii
The Lagos State Governor on Saturday
denied media reports claiming that a kidnap attempt was made on his mother, Mrs
Christianah Ambode at her residence in Gbagada area of the State on Friday
evening.
The governor, in a statement issued by his
Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, denied the media report, saying that it
was not a true reflection of what transpired at the residence of his mother. An
online newspaper had claimed that heavily armed gunmen invaded the Governor's
mother's residence and disarmed the octogenarian’s police detail in an apparent
attempt to abduct her. The newspaper had further reported that the unfortunate
development took place at about 7:30pm, while a back-up team arrived at the
scene at about8:10pm.
Responding, Aruna said: "Whilst it is
true that a commotion occurred at the residence of the Governor's mother on the
fateful day, it was however far from the truth that it was a kidnap attempt.
"What really transpired was that a man parked his vehicle in front of the
residence of the Governor's mother and the security detail attached to the
building asked him not to park there so as not to block the entrance.
"The
man who claimed to be a military personnel was not in uniform as at the time of
the unfortunate incident but he insisted on parking in front of the building on
the ground that he was a military personnel.
"He then went on to invite military
personnel attached to Operation MESA to beat Mrs. Ambode’s police details after
he was advised not to park his vehicle outside the building. "The
unfortunate part was that the newspaper rightly reported this aspect of the
development in the body of the story but still claimed in the lead paragraph
that it was an apparent kidnap attempt.
"While we would like to put on record
that the disturbance was not a kidnap attempt on the Governor's mother as
nothing untoward happened to her, we also like to caution against needless
sensational journalism which could cause unnecessary panic. "At the
moment, officials of the State Government are taking appropriate steps to
sanction the unruly military personnel who joined their colleague to disturb
public peace," Aruna stated..
SIGNED HABIB ARUNA CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY
JUNE 4, 2016
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