The Senior Special Assistant on Media to Lagos State Governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, stated that the majority of the arsonists have been “hunted and executed”.


An aide to Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has stated shocking details about the perpetrators of the arson on Television Continental, TVC, during the #EndSARS protest in 2020.

Wale Ajetunmobi, the senior special assistant on media to Mr Sanwo-Olu said, in a post on social media, that the majority of the arsonists have been “hunted and executed.”

Mr Ajetunmobi did not disclose who did the hunting and execution of the alleged arsonists but indicated that he had more information than he was letting out.

“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,” he said.

PREMIUM TIMES contacted Mr Ajetunmobi to explain what he meant when he said the arsonists have been “hunted and executed”. Calls and texts to his known number went unanswered.

On the social media thread, a user, @hamoye4real, asked Mr Ajetunmobi to clarify his post, especially where he referred to killings.

“Are you in the know of extra-judicial killings?” he asked.

In response, Mr Ajetunmobi said some of the arsonists were overpowered by soldiers and killed during an exchange of gunfire.

“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?” he replied.

Screenshot of Wale’s post
Mr Ajetunmobi’s initial post alluded to the fact that the arsonists were “hunted and executed” much later after the attack, not during the attack as he later stated.

No exchange of fire was reported on 21 October 2020, the day protesters committed the arson at TVC. The only widely reported incident between soldiers and protesters happened on 20 October 2020 at the Lekki toll gate.

Attack on TVC

In October 2020, Nigerian youths under the #EndSARS movement staged public demonstrations to protest extrajudicial killings by officials of the police special unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

SARS was created in 1992 to tackle armed robbery, motor vehicle theft, kidnapping, and other violent crimes.

The protesters, mainly youths, demanded the disbandment of SARS, justice for victims of police brutality, and compensation for their families, among other demands.

Security forces went heavy-handed on some of the protesters and hoodlums hijacked the peaceful protests in some areas. Criminals took advantage to coordinate jailbreaks in some states, while hoodlums looted storage facilities and damaged government and private properties.

In Lagos, to restore law and order, Governor Sanwo-Olu imposed a 24-hour curfew and deployed soldiers to the major protest ground at the Lekki toll gate.

Live ammunition was fired and some protesters were killed at the toll gate, a government inquiry found.

The next day on 21 October 2020, hoodlums attacked Television Continental (TVC), believed by many to be owned by President Bola Tinubu, who was then a leader of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC.

TVC headquarters, which also houses the radio station Max FM, in the Ikosi-Ketu area of Lagos, was burnt. The arsonists also razed vehicles belonging to workers of the broadcast station. Fortunately, no casualty was recorded.

The Lagos government has since spent hundreds of millions of naira to repair properties damaged during the protest and compensate some protest victims.

Anither563:
This is a story that needs to be told.

Racoon:



History and time will surely unravel all hidden atrocities one day

tundegan:
Sanwo Olu did the right thing by calling the military and imposing curfew. Those hoodlums were using the #EndSARS protest to loot and destroy.

I appreciate the fact that he is still talking about it 3 years after. It shows he cares.

Omoawoke:

It always start peaceful, but some people are lurking behind to accomplish their evil intentions just like MNK did in Lagos 2020 to start setting fire on Lagos infrastructures and people’s asset.

Let’s be reminded of the below so we can think wisely before we act.
By the glory of God, the Nnamdi Kanu thought he could do evil and go scot free, he has been chilling in dss detention since then. So if you want to be used tomorrow to incite violence and set the country on fire, you will be caught, dealt with like a terrorist and your life will be wasted in jail that is even if you make it alive. Don’t cause violence, don’t destroy what you cannot buy.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktk4uXmlOLs
In AUTHENTIC audio below are Nnamdi kanu's orders to ipob on live Radio during Endsars Protests




1hr 35Mins
Destroy every bridge and kill all Police

1hr 46 mins
burn down Tinubu’s hotel

1 hr 42 min
Burn down Nitel building and all Govt buildings in lagos, burn down Muritala Mohammed Airport

1hr 39 min kanu orders IPOB to Kill Army Officers and manufacture Weapons

1hr 47 min Tinubu must go down

1hr 52 min
kanu Confirmed information that Cele and Orile police Stations In lagos are on fire and Is delighted

Orders ipob to use green white green and blood as the Nigerian flag.

Tells ipob to target Tinubu and Sanwo Olu and their Children

1 hr 56 min
block every road kill Sabotuers


2hr.00 min
Destroy everything holding the Economy of Nigeria. Burn all pipelines

2.hr09 min
Kill the Army in Lekki [/b]Claims 15 people were killed in Lekki.,Set Dangote Trucks on Fire.

2.hr 15 min
[b] Burn down Every Federal Govt Building attack Police.

2hr 18 mins
Describes again how to make Molotov Cocktail bombs

2hr20min kanu asks where are the ipob People with Double barrel guns in Abuja?

2 hr 22 min
ipob will make an example of Ikpeazu and Sanwo Olu all Tinubu’s nvestments should be destroyed

2hr 24min build bombs and lay them by the roadside

2 hr 32 min kill any Governor that declares Curfew


2hr 56min
kanu says Tinubu’s hotel is on fire on his orders

3 hr 09 mins
burn everything Tinubu owns and Dangote Trucks the war has started

Every Police Station must go down


destroy all Federal Government Property burn down Lekki Toll Gate destroy Dangote refinery burn every Pastors Church that supports one Nigeria

Cc freestuffsng

Goodmarlian:
And these were the people yorubas were fighting igbos in Lagos for during the last election last time I checked the greatest casualties in Endsars were mostly igbo and Yoruba youths they didn't care about your ethnicity just opened fire on all eleyi ko kin soju lasan

Racoon:
Meanwhile, nobody was killed whether #EndSARS protesters or anti-social miscreants according to the FG, LASG, Nigerian Army and the deadbeat mummified zombies of the government. Conflicting and incongruent account of one ugly incident. History and time will surely unravel all hidden atrocities one day