Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that he is yet to speak with President Muhammadu Buhari on the shooting that took place at the Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday.
The governor made this know during an interview on Arise TV, saying he made two attempts to speak with the president on Wednesday but was not successful on both occasions.
In his first attempt, Sanwo-Olu was told that the president was yet to resume in the office. Secondly, the governor said he was told that the President was attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
The governor however said that he got a call from the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin on the order of President Buhari.
He said the Chief of Defence had called around midday on Wednesday “to say that if indeed I require for the military to come out, they will deploy them”.
The governor did not confirm if he accepted the offer.
He said, “I made calls to want to speak with the President yesterday. First, he hadn’t come to the office and the second time he was at the FEC meeting. So indeed I haven’t spoken to him directly but I actually did call to want to speak to him.
“But like I said he was at the FEC meeting…He was actually the one that asked the Chief of Defence Staff to call me. I think it was when he got my message because when the Chief of Defence called me, he said the President asked him to call. I haven’t spoken to him directly, maybe later today that might happen. I don’t have a report to say this is what he said because we haven’t spoken.
Anarchy descended on the state on Wednesday when suspected arsonists moved from one establishment in the state to another to set the places ablaze.
At the end of the melee, several facilities were razed. They included the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) terminals in Oyingbo and Ojodu Berger which had several buses; headquarters of the Nation Newspapers, Television Continental, the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), police stations, local government council offices, among others.
