Following the ban on Okada and Keke Napep from six Local Government areas of Lagos State which started on Saturday, Feb 1, there were unconfirmed reports that dissatisfied individuals were planning to unleash violence in order to make the state government change it decision.
However, the Lagos State Government in a statement via IgbereTV, has issued a warning to those who are planning to unleash the violence as it advised them to have a change of heart.
The Lagos State Govt said, “Lagosians are peace loving and law abiding people, who will not embrace any disruption of their legal activities by failed politicians hiding under the evil of unwholesome activism.”
It also added that, “The law enforcement agents have been directed to ensure that nobody takes the law into his hands. The government places a very high premium on law and order in the interest of all Lagosians. It will not fail to act when peace is threatened.”
