'Governor Fashola's statement is grossly irresponsible'

dimeji akinloye

March 13, 2015 11:52 PM

Spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the statement made by Governor Babatunde Fashola that the President is responsible for the recent hours-long robbery that took place in Lekki, Lagos.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s media rep, Reuben Abati, has berated Governor Babatunde Fashola’s statement that the success of the robbery in incident that occurred in Lekki, Lagos on Thursday as irresponsible.

While addressing Journalists in Abuja, Abati said the statement is ‘grossly and utterly irresponsible. ‘We expect that a man of his status who is the Governor of a state should speak more responsibly. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever that the entire police formation in a state would be deployed to protect the president of Nigeria,’ he said.

Governor Fashola had blamed President Jonathan for the successful hours-long robbery incident that claimed the lives of about three police officers and a little girl, saying Lagos state deployed all the police units in the state to guard the president who was in Lagos that day.

But Abati further played down the claim; ‘the visit of the President to any part of the country does not necessitate the depletion of the police force active in that particular state or its environment. The President has a defined team that protects him anywhere he goes and again President Jonathan does not need the entire police force to protect him in a state where he is loved by the people and where as we have seen, he enjoys overwhelming support to the leadup of the 2015 presidential election,’ he said.

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