The former Media aide to ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Reno Omokri has taken to his official social media (X) handle to react to the proposed nationwide protest.
He advised Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to provide free transportation for all Lagos residents wishing to protest, so that the buses can take them to their own state of origin.
Omokri said, “I encourage the Lagos State Government to support the planned protests by providing free transportation for all Lagos residents wishing to protest.
“The buses will take them to their states of origin. How can you be from Abia, where the State Government is owing workers several months’ salaries, and owes pensioners, and you want to protest in Lagos that pays its workers above minimum wage and does not owe salaries?”
He added that sit-at-home order and unknown gunmen chased many of easterners to relocate to Lagos, and that after thy have settled down in Lagos, they want to do what they couldn’t do in their own home states.
Omokri added, “Monday sit-at-home chased you from your states to Lagos. Unknown Gunmen made you relocate to Lagos. Low wages made you feel free to flee to Lagos. And now, after settling down in peaceful and prosperous Lagos, you want to do in Eko what you could not do in your home state? Mba! Except your State Government has done what Lagos has not done for you, you should go there and protest.”
He said further that during the #EndSARS protest, no fewer than 80BRT buses were destroyed in Lagos.
Omokri said, “Please fact-check me: 80 BRT buses were destroyed during the #EndSARS protests, along with the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Center, which was the most advanced police forensic laboratory in Black Africa. Protesters burnt it to the ground.
“The total cost of the infrastructure destroyed was put at over ₦700 billion. Again, please fact-check me. Those behind the infrastructural damage in Lagos during the EndSARS protest were mostly not from Lagos. They were from states with severe infrastructural deficits.
“While Lagos pays above minimum wage and does not owe workers, their own states owe more than a year’s salary arrears and owe pensioners. They take advantage of Lagos Metro and BRT, but their states do not even have bus stops. Their bus stop is often wherever the bus driver presses his brake. They get free healthcare in Lagos, as well as subsidised education. But it was Lagos they destroyed and left their state unscathed.
“Let me ask you, Lagosian, a question: Would they allow you to leave Lagos to protest in their own states and destroy public infrastructure? This time, it must be different. If anybody wants to protest, let them jejely enter the same night bus that brought them to Lagos and go to protest in their own states. Or am I lying?”
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