I Have Not Been Able To Talk To Buhari Directly Since Lekki Shooting- Sanwo-Olu
By Taiye Lawal
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Thursday said he has not spoken to President Muhammadu Buhari directly more than 24 hours after Nigerian troops fired at protesters in the state.
“I have not spoken to him directly, but I actually did call to want to speak to him,” Sanwo-Olu said when asked if he had spoken to the president during an interview with AriseTV.
“I made calls to want to speak to the President twice yesterday. First, he had not come to the office and the second time he was at the FEC meeting. He was at the FEC meeting but probably had his briefing,” he said.
Sanwo-Olu, however, said he spoke to the Chief of Defence Staff Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin who returned the calls on the order of the president.
“He (Buhari) was actually the one that asked the Chief of Defence Staff to call me and I think it was when he got my message because when the Chief of Defence Staff called me, he said to me, it was the President that asked him to call,” Sanwo-Olu said.
Buhari, who serves as the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Force, has neither addressed the nation after military personnel shot at peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll-gate on Tuesday. He has remained silent since the incident which claimed at least 10 lives.
