Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state has debunked rumours that the recent attack on his mother’s home was a kidnap attempt.
Governor Ambode revealed that Nigerian army personnel attached to Operation MESA were responsible for the attack on his mother’s home.
The governor stressed that the soldiers behind the incidence would be appropriately sanctioned, although their identity still remained unknown
According to a statement signed by Habib Haruna, the chief press secretary to the governor, the disturbance was between Mrs Ambode’s security detail and “unruly” military personnel attached to Operation Mesa.
“We would like to put on record that the disturbance was not a kidnap attempt on the governor’s mother as nothing untoward happened to her.
“What really transpired was that a man parked his vehicle in front of the residence of the governor’s mother and the security detail attached to the building asked him not to park there so as not to block the entrance,” he stated.
The governor further explained that the driver who triggered the violence was a military man in mufti.
“The man who claimed to be a military personnel was not in uniform as at the time of the unfortunate incident but he insisted on parking in front of the building on the ground that he was a military personnel.
“He then went on to invite military personnel attached to Operation MESA to beat Mrs. Ambode’s police details after he was advised not to park his vehicle outside the building,” he said