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Seventeen senators representing the six Southwest states were in Lagos on Tuesday. They came to assess the destruction of public infrastructure and private properties by hoodlums who hijacked the EndSARS protests.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State ; San. Ajayi Borroface ; Sen. Olamileka Yayi ; Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat ; Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele ; Sen. Oluremi Tinubu and others Southwest senators, during their solidarity visit to Gov. Sanwo-Olu on the #EndSARS protest mayhem, in Lagos House, Marina, on Tuesday . 06024/27/10/2020 / Kayode Oladapo/BJO/NANSeventeen senators representing the six Southwest states were in Lagos on Tuesday.

With him were senators Ayo Akinyelure ; Tofowomo Nicholas ; Oluremi Tinubu ; Adeola Olamilekan ; Ibikunle Amosun ; Tolulope Odebiyi ; Bashiru Ajibola ; Francis Fadahunsi ; Adeyemi Oriolowo ; Teslim Folarin ; Buhari Abdulfatai ; Ademola Balogun ; Olubunmi Adetunmbi ; Opeyemi Bamidele and Olujimi Abiodun .

The senator, who described the destruction as “orchestrated tragedy”, said: “The damage done cannot be handled by Lagos alone. We are going to move a motion to urge the Federal Government to come to the assistance of Lagos State” He told Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu that “members of the Southwest caucus in the Senate are here to console you on the demonic violence unleashed on Lagos.

On how the Caucus plans to intervene, Boroffice said the burden occasioned by the destruction cannot be shouldered by the state alone, stressing that he and his colleagues would be meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly to prevail on the Federal Government in assisting the State to recover and rebuild.

“We will be moving a motion in the Senate to urge the Federal Government to come with assistance to Lagos State, because the burden of the destruction is too much for Lagos to bear alone.”

 

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Thanks Senators for rising above political divide.

What is holding FG and ASUU settlement, could it be that because Children of the Executive and National Assembly Members are in Private Universities in Abroad and Nigeria, when will this come to an end for the children of the Poor to go back to school?

Have they all gone to their indigenous states? Are there no destruction of public and private infrastructures in their own states? Indeed the most useless set of government officials in the country. All they know is to share the money. Awon were

Now they appear to assess damage, where were they since endsars started trending? Why was it not important enough for them an agenda to push at the NASS?

The hoodlums must be arrested and persecuted.

These people never disappoint, people died and all they are thinking about is public infrastructural damage? Besides Damage occured in virtually every state that allowed the hoodlums to disrupt peace protest not just in Lagos.

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Our dear senatororiolowo representing Osun west spotted. May what you loss in the cause of the theft on your properties you acquired as a private citizen be replenished in multifolds.

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