Tinubu: Lagos govt to probe attack on journalists

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered an investigation into Sunday’s alleged attack on a bus conveying journalists on Lagos Island.

Suspected hoodlums attacked a bus going conveying journalists which accompanied the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, along Ebute-Ero and Iga-Iduganran road.

The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said Sanwo-Olu had also directed that the perpetrators must be fished out and punished accordingly.

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He said the government would pick up the hospital bills of those injured in the incident.

Omotoso said: “The Lagos State government condemns the incident. We hold the media in high esteem and the government has always ensured that they have a conducive environment to perform their duties.

“Nobody or group will be allowed to destroy our cordial relationship with the media. Lagos has no room for hooligans.”

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