Sunday Ehigiator
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday ordered the arrest of a man who identified himself as a soldier for driving against traffic, characterising the young man as a ‘useless boy’.
The governor was on his way to the Ojo campus of the Lagos State University (LASU), for the inauguration of the Femi Gbajabiamila Conference Centre, when the incident occurred.
While plying the Lagos-Badagry expressway in a convoy, Sanwo-Olu encountered the motorcyclists, from which one of the arrested identified himself as a soldier, and immediately ordered their arrest.
The video showed many of the riders and passengers abandoning their motorcycles and fleeing as the governor’s security operatives gave them a chase. A few escaped while a handful were apprehended.
While being arrested and taken away by security operatives, one of the offenders claimed to be a soldier.
“Put him there, let your father come and rescue you,” the governor said. “I am a soldier Oga sir,” said the motorcyclist.
“That’s the reason I’m going to lock you up. You are telling me you are a soldier. That’s even the more reason I’m going to lock you up,” the governor responded, instructing the man: “Get in there, useless boy, you are telling me you are a soldier. Lock him up.”
