Gov Sanwo-Olu Suspends Media Aide For Revisiting #EndSARS Issue On Social Media

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr Wale Ajetunmobi, has been suspended from his position.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Lagos on Tuesday.

Recall that Wale Ajetunmobi had sought to revisit the #EndSARS issue, and this had landed him in a lot of trouble.

He had in an X.com post made some submissions that somewhat alleged that the state government engaged in extra judicial killings.

Akosile however noted in the statement in question that the Sanwo-Olu-led administration ‘frowns at any form of extra-judicial punishment and will not be a part of any such action. That is not who we are. That is not our way’.

Wale Ajetunmobi, who has #Riddwane as his username, had in a post that has been deleted, disclosed that arsonists who burnt down the Television Continental station in Lagos during the heat of the 2020 #EndSARS protest, have been ‘hunted down and executed’.

‘The full story of people who burnt down TVC in 2020 will be told one day, with gory clips and images. One thing to note: majority of them have been hunted down and executed.

One of them, a young boy trading in cooking gas around Ketu, was found with an AK-47 at the site. Even his neighbours were shocked. But the full gist is better saved for later’ he had submitted.

His submission however made an X user Hamlad pose a question to him ‘Are you in the know of extra-judicial killings?’

‘Lol… you want to create a narrative in your head. What is extra-judicial killing here? Some of the people were chased by soldiers and an exchange of fire occurred. Then arsonists were overpowered and killed in the process. Others ran away. Is that an extra-judicial killing to you?’ Ajetunmobi, who apparently did not know the enormity and implications of what he had done, said in reply to Hamlad.

The story published by a media outlet focusing on Ajetunmobi’s  ‘hunted down and executed’ comments however made him come under the spotlight.  

‘This excerpt was quoted out of context and there were series of comments made under the same post, which better explained what was intended. Like I did further explain in the said tweet, no extra-judicial killing was insinuated. The word ‘executed’ was erroneously used and not intended in the context of that casual conversation.

What was written in the entire conversation reflected personal opinion and not the position of any authority or the entity in which I work. The post and other comments had been taken down, even before this publication’ Ajetunmobi submitted in separate post at 2:34 am on Tuesday-Team@orientactualmags.com   Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you.