Soldiers Behind ‘Attack’ On My Mother’s Home – Ambode

[caption id="attachment_8971" align="alignnone" width="640"]STOCK PHOTOLagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode[/caption]

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has accused personnel of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation MESA as being responsible for the attack on his mother’s home on Friday night.

Mrs. Christiana Ambode’s home at 24 Oguntona Crescent, Gbagada Estate I, Lagos was ‘attacked’ at approximately 7:30 p.m on Friday.

In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Habib Haruna, Ambode said the disturbance was between his mother’s security detail and “unruly” military personnel attached to Operation Mesa, a military patrol team in the state.

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“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.

“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,” Mr. Ambode said.

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The governor vowed that the soldiers behind the incidence would be appropriately sanctioned, though the attackers remain unknown.

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