Lekki Shootings: I Haven’t Been Able to Speak with Buhari, Says Sanwo-Olu

Femi Ashekun/

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today said efforts by him to speak with President Muhammadu Buhari after the shooting of protesters at the Lekki toll plaza, were abortive.

The governor said he made attempts twice to speak with the President without success.

Sanwo-Olu spoke during an interview on Arise Television.

The governor said the first time he called, the President was not in the office, adding that the second time, he was said to be at the Federal Executive Council meeting.

He said, “I made phone calls to the President. I made calls twice yesterday (Wednesday). The first time, he hadn’t come to the office and the second time, he was at the FEC meeting.

“So, indeed, I have not spoken to him directly. I actually did call to speak with him. But like I said, he was at the FEC meeting and probably had his briefings.

“He was the one that asked the Chief of Defence Staff to call me and I think it was when he got my message. He (CDS) said to me, that it was the President that asked him to call. I don’t have a report to say. We haven’t spoken.”

The state has been witnessing unprecedented violence unleashed by hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful #EndSARS protests following Tuesday night’s shooting of unarmed protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza.