CITIZENS COMPASS – THE Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, on Tuesday, said that the Chairman, Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya popularlly known as MC Oluomo, must dearly pay for his utterances provided there are enough evidences to prove this.
He said the park chairman should pay for his utterances if they contravene the law.
Recall that Akinsanya was captured in some videos clips, during the 2023 elections, threatening the non indigenes particularly the Igbos not to appear at the polling units if they will not vote for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Hamzat said this during a live programme on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, while fielding questions surrounding violence and alleged rigging during the governorship and state House of Assembly elections.
Although, the deputy governor said he was not calling for the arrest of anybody, he said the facts should be examined and
if in truth he (MC Oluomo) has broken the law, he must pay for it.”
The deputy governor was reacting to the video clips by MC Oluomo, during the elections.
He said, “Well, I am not calling for the arrest of anybody, I am not a police officer, I am not a prosecutor, but people will look at the evidence.
” And in the case of MC Oluomo, he has actually come out to say that he was referring to a woman, who also came out to say that she has known MC Oluomo for years and that he was referring to her, so I don’t know the facts. But people should examine the facts and if in truth he has broken the law, he must pay for it.
“But my point which I want to make is that we all diminish this country when we actually exaggerate what happens. We have an election where you have this number of polling units and you have less than 1 per cent that have a problem and we now make it look like that 1 per cent is more important than the 99 per cent.
” I think that it is just outrageous and we should not diminish our country by saying the election is bad. No, this was a great election. Atrocities were committed an people should pay for that.”
Hamzat said the state government has been accommodating all tribes and religions in the state, adding that Lagos is the only state that has other tribes in its State Assembly.
There will be people that will always try to break the rules and we must punish them. When you punish them they serve as deterrent to others so they know that is not the way to go.”
