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Thursday, February 28, 2019
"Free Lagos" Press Briefing: Police Storm Venue, Fire Shots
The conveners of the group comprise of former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, Spokesperson of Afenifere Group, Mr. Yinka Odumakin and Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Why is an APC man joining others to Free Lagos from Tinubu?
While some participants had already seated inside the Oranmiyan Hall where the event was to hold, scores of other participants who stormed the Airport Hotel gate were stopped by a detachment of armed policemen mobilised to the scene.
The policemen did not allow anybody to come inside the hall. In the ensuing drama, policemen fired several shots to disperse the crowd with people running helter-skelter within the premises.
It was not clear while policemen in about 10 vehicles stormed the venue, but sources said the action was to prevent the press conference from holding.
But the state’s police spokesman, Chike Oti, said the command got an intelligence report that some hoodlums were trying to hijack the press briefing.
He said the police cannot stop anybody from using the Airport Hotel facilities being a business environment, adding that the command is also obliged to protect lives and properties of the citizens.While some participants had already seated inside the Oranmiyan Hall where the event was to hold, scores of other participants who stormed the Airport Hotel gate were stopped by a detachment of armed policemen mobilised to the scene.
The policemen did not allow anybody to come inside the hall. In the ensuing drama, policemen fired several shots to disperse the crowd with people running helter-skelter within the premises.
It was not clear while policemen in about 10 vehicles stormed the venue, but sources said the action was to prevent the press conference from holding.
But the state’s police spokesman, Chike Oti, said the command got an intelligence report that some hoodlums were trying to hijack the press briefing.
As at the time of filing this report, the participants have vacated the hall and are currently hanging around the premises as the drama continues.
One of the conveners, Comrade Mark Adebayo said they would sue the police for the siege.
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One of the conveners, Comrade Mark Adebayo said they would sue the police for the siege.
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"My Husband's Life Is In Danger" - Wife of Atiku's Spokesman Cries Out
Speaking to journalists on Thursday, his wife lamented about the nonchalance of elders in the state to intervene and help find her husband and probably rescue him.
The gun men trailed him to his house in Abuja, flashed ID cards believed to be of the DSS.
They would later tell his wife that they were acting on the Kogi state government's order and whisked him away in a van. All efforts to locate the young politician have been fruitless so far.
His friends and family members and a lot of Kogites have launched a #FreeAustinOkai campaign on social media.
"I am so scared and worried about the safety of my husband," Mrs. Bridget Austin Okai said.
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