There were reports late last night that there was a kidnap attempt on the mother of the governor of Lagos state but it's been denied. Read the press statement below...
The Lagos State Governor on Saturday denied media reports claiming that a kidnap attempt was made on his mother, Mrs Christianah Ambode at her residence in Gbagada area of the State on Friday evening.
The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, denied the media report, saying that it was not a true reflection of what transpired at the residence of his mother.
An online newspaper had claimed that heavily armed gunmen invaded the Governor's mother's residence and disarmed the octogenarian’s police detail in an apparent attempt to abduct her.
The newspaper had further reported that the unfortunate development took place at about 7:30pm, while a back-up team arrived at the scene at about8:10pm.
Responding, Aruna said: "Whilst it is true that a commotion occurred at the residence of the Governor's mother on the fateful day, it was however far from the truth that it was a kidnap attempt.
"What really transpired was that a man parked his vehicle in front of the residence of the Governor's mother and the security detail attached to the building asked him not to park there so as not to block the entrance.
"The man who claimed to be a military personnel was not in uniform as at the time of the unfortunate incident but he insisted on parking in front of the building on the ground that he was a military personnel.
"He then went on to invite military personnel attached to Operation MESA to beat Mrs. Ambode’s police details after he was advised not to park his vehicle outside the building.
"The unfortunate part was that the newspaper rightly reported this aspect of the development in the body of the story but still claimed in the lead paragraph that it was an apparent kidnap attempt.
"While we would like to put on record that the disturbance was not a kidnap attempt on the Governor's mother as nothing untoward happened to her, we also like to caution against needless sensational journalism which could cause unnecessary panic.
"At the moment, officials of the State Government are taking appropriate steps to sanction the unruly military personnel who joined their colleague to disturb public peace," Aruna stated..
SIGNED
HABIB ARUNA
CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY
JUNE 4, 2016
25 comments:
Thank God she's safe!
Good to know.
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Thank GOD
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***************************good thing **********she wasn't kidnapped !!!!!!!!!!!!ok
Journalism in Nigeria tho.
Just to get more audience they write what never happened.
. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Thank God she is safe.
says,Genevieve.
Apc and there lies again Ambode tell people what really happen an stop all this lies.
Dame Linda this is just an advice of what happen in kano.
If u can publish the useless anonymous comment that praise the fools for killing an innocent woman why won't u publish mine? Why did u people fear hausas? If an hausa or a Muslims abuse other religion u will publish it but if freeborn expose there wickedness u will not.
I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM I MUST CONDEMN EVIL IF U LIKE PUBLISH IT IF U LIKE DONT BUT KNOW THAT DAYS OF RECKONING IS COMING FAST THIS IS UR BLOG SPEAK THE TRUTH AND ALLOW COMMENTS DONT FEAR ANY THING.
#sad indeed
Ouke
Why slating????
She is safe or kidnapped is non of my business!
U got it!
Thats the koko
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Thank goodness! Linda take note!
Nigeria media n their stories
Hmmmm.....
Hmmmm.......
Ok cool
Thank God she's safe
All this military men acting like they own Nigeria and Nigerians
I wonder how beating up people unnecessarily is part of their duty as protectors
Something should be done to put in check their excesses biko
Thank God she is okay.
Journalist be reporting what never happened
Moye says so via BB Passport courtesy LIB
Ok
Ok
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
the denial may be true, as i drove past the house about 7.30 last night and ddnt notice anything unusual. but why does ambode now have 4 police vehicles and a good number of mobile police men in front of his mothers house just faffing around? is that the best use of tax payers money?
borrow some common sense and stop the waste and abuse.
Shut up you DON'T pay tax! ! Your mother's security details overpowered, doesn't it make common sense to increase details as the governor of a state to avoid any embarrassment? .
The incidence was blown out of proportion cos until reinforcement came there was nothing like commotion heard&yes I stay close to her. .... Get a life.
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