by Deji Abiodun
Presidential Media aide, Reuben Abati has described as totally irresponsible the statement made by Governor of Lagos state Babatunde Fashola that the success of the robbery incident that occurred in Lekki yesterday March 12th was as a result of the drafting of all police formation in the state to protect President Jonathan who was in the state when the robbery incident occurred.
NewsWireNGR recalls that shortly after tragedy struck late Thursday afternoon around the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos when armed men dressed in army uniform stormed the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in Lekki shooting sporadically.
The Lagos state Governor Fashola did not waste time in accusing President Jonathan over deaths of three policemen and a girl who was hawking.
According to Fashola, the president’s planned visit to Lagos led to a low number of available policemen on hand to take on the armed robbers.
Reuben Abati speaking to state house correspondents has come for the governor. Read comments credited to the Presidential spokesman..
“We consider the statement attributed to Governor Fashola as grossly and utterly irresponsible. We expect that a man of his status who is the Governor of a state should speak more responsibly. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever that the entire police formation in a state would be deployed to protect the president of Nigeria. The visit of the President or any part of the country does not necessitate the depletion of the police force active in that particular state or its environment. The President has a defined team that protects him anywhere he goes and again President Jonathan does not need the entire police force to protect him in a state where he is loved by the people and where as we have seen, he enjoys overwhelming support to the leadup of the 2015 presidential election” he said.
