Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cleared the air on controversies surrounding the alleged removal of CCTV cameras at the Lekki toll gate shortly before the shooting of protesters by some soldiers occurred on Tuesday evening.
Sanwo-Olu, who spoke during a live interview on Arise TV on Thursday morning, explained that the operators of the toll plaza, Lekki Concession Company, only removed some laser cameras used to pick tags and number plates of approaching cars which they felt would not be needed at the facility for the period the state would under a curfew.
He stressed that the CCTV security camera at the Lekki toll gate was still intact at the facility and would assist the government in its investigation of last Tuesday’s shooting incident.
Sanwo-Olu also assured that footages from the CCTV camera at the Lekki toll gate would be made available for public viewership.
The governor said, “The cameras removed were not security cameras, it is a laser camera for cars; it picks tags for cars and number plates; it is not a security camera; it is an infrared camera; security camera are still available and that is what we are using for our own investigation.
“They did the removal because of curfew. As regards the light LCC put off, it’s because of the curfew order issued by Lagos State Government. I have never spoken to the owner of the company (Tinubu’s son). I am very certain their decision was purely a corporate decision.”