Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday. assured that whatever be the recommendations of the Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Related Abuses and Other Matters, and the October 20, 2020, Lekki Tollgate shootings, would be made public and implemented, declaring that his administration state government had no hidden agenda on the matter.
Sanwo-Olu gave this assurance while speaking as a guest speaker at the 10 National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development held in Ikeja, Lagos, just as he disclosed that all protesters arrested on Wednesday at the Lekki Toll Gate during the one year commemoration of #EndSARS had been released, except an individual caught with weapons.
The governor commended the efforts of the police at the protest ground, urging residents to continue to work with the operatives to ensure security in the state.
This was just as the governor recalled the tough time the state went though during the #EndSARS era, leaving behind “massive destruction of infrastructure, iconic buildings, our transport sector, police stations and almost every part,” but quickly said the state government would not shy away from seeing it as a challenge that should be faced “with everything that we have.”
“Exactly a year ago, today being October 21, 2021 was when Lagos had massive destruction of infrastructure, iconic buildings, our transport sector, police stations and almost every part. I feel that there is no better time than today being one year of that event, to say how difficult it has been for us as a state; to say how moving it has being for us as a government and the commitment it has given us.
“As tough as those times were and as tough as they are still today, as a government, certainly we will not shy away from our responsibilities. We will take it up; we will see it as a challenge and will face it with everything that we have.
“It is important for me to mention that we set up a judicial panel after all of that and I am sure the gentlemen of the press are aware that the panel ended its sittings about three days ago and they have asked for time for them to put their reports together behind closed door. We do not know what would be the outcome of that reports.
“We want to say publicly that upon the handover of the report, we will be making it public. We do not want to cover anything. That is not who we are. That is not what our government stands for. That is not what we believe governance is about.
“We will make full disclosure of whatever recommendations and identifications that the panel will come up with. And I want to assure all our citizens that we are not going to leave anything to chance. They have asked for time for them to be able to complete their work and we have given them the time,” Sanwo-Olu said.
“It is also important to mention that yesterday we also saw a bit of protest in Lagos and I want to inform the gentlemen of the press that everybody that was arrested by the police for one reason or the other, have all been released, except an individual that was caught with a dangerous weapon.
“He had cutlasses, charms and all sorts and he did confess to the lolice that he was there to cause mayhem,” he added.
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