Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended his Senior Particular Assistant on Print Media, Mr Wale Ajetunmobi.
This was disclosed in an announcement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Particular Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile.
The assertion was titled, ‘Governor Sanwo-Olu suspends aide.’
Ajetunmobi’s suspension “comes on the heels of the misrepresentation of information on his private X account on a previous incident,” in response to the assertion.
Akosile famous that the Sanwo-Olu-led administration “frowns at any type of extra-judicial punishment and won’t be part of any such motion. That’s not who we’re. That’s not our approach.”
A test by PUNCH On-line on Ajetunmobi’s X account, #Riddwane, on Tuesday confirmed that his timeline was devoid of any such tweet because it had been deleted.
Premium Occasions, on Sunday, November 24, 2024, reported a tweet by Ajetunmobi, tweeting as #Riddwane, through which he revealed that arsonists who burnt down the Tv Continental station in Lagos in the course of the warmth of the 2020 #EndSARS protest, had been “hunted down and executed.”
The suspended aide additionally acknowledged that one of many “executed” arsonists was a younger boy (title undisclosed) who traded in cooking gasoline across the Ketu space of the state.
Ajetunmobi alleged that the boy was discovered with an AK-47 rifle.
The tweet learn, “The complete story of people that burnt down TVC in 2020 can be advised at some point, with gory clips and pictures. One factor to notice: majority of them have been hunted down and executed.
“Considered one of them, a younger boy buying and selling in cooking gasoline round Ketu, was discovered with an AK-47 on the website. Even his neighbours have been shocked. However the full gist is healthier saved for later.”
Reacting to the tweet, an X consumer recognized as Hamlad, tweeting as #hamoye4real, requested, “Are you within the know of extra-judicial killings?”
In his response, the suspended aide wrote, “Lol… you wish to create a story in your head. What’s extra-judicial killing right here? Among the folks have been chased by troopers and an trade of fireplace occurred. Then arsonists have been overpowered and killed within the course of. Others ran away. Is that an extra-judicial killing to you?”
Nonetheless, in a tweet by Ajetunmobi early Tuesday at 2:34 am — two days after the report, and quoting the Premium Occasions report on his X deal with, he clarified that whereas the phrase “executed” was “erroneously used,” his tweet was his “private opinion” and didn’t mirror the stance of his employer or his workplace.
He additionally acknowledged that “no extra-judicial killing was insinuated.”
The tweet learn, “This excerpt was quoted out of context and there have been sequence of feedback made beneath the identical put up, which higher defined what was meant. Like I did additional defined within the stated tweet, no extra-judicial killing was insinuated. The phrase ‘executed’ was erroneously used and never meant within the context of that informal dialog.
“What was written in all the dialog mirrored private opinion and never the place of any authority or the entity through which I work. The put up and different feedback had been taken down, even earlier than this publication.”
In a report by PUNCH On-line on October 30, 2020, it was reported that no fewer than 250 employees of TVC at Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos, have been unable to work after arsonists burnt the station.
Transmission devices, state-of-the-art studios, manufacturing rooms and operational automobiles of TVC, together with automobiles of employees, have been set ablaze.
The station’s Chief Govt Officer, Mr Andrew Hanlon, added that over 500 direct staff of the station had been struggling to work in short-term lodging put up by the corporate.
Halon acknowledged these when Governor Sanwo-Olu visited the administration and employees of the station.