In a move aimed at preventing Nigerians from getting first-hand
information about developments in the government house, Governor Babatunde
Fashola of Lagos State, on Thursday, January 5, 2011 expelled some reporters
from his office in Alausa, Ikeja. Twenty journalists were expelled by the
governor purportedly to stop “negative” stories from going to the public. His
Special Adviser on Media, Mr Hakeem Bello, told the affected journalists that
the governor had given the order for their expulsion from his office.According
to a source, their misconduct was the way they reported the rigging of the
just-concluded local government council election in the state; the brutalization
of Lekki toll gate protesters; increment in the school fees of the state-owned
Lagos State University (LASU) and the fact that the governor is not happy that
former governor of the state, Senator Bola Tinubu, is seen through various
reports as dictating to him what he does in office, among others. Though, some
of his aides made him to understand that his action would backfire as well as
the likely interpretation the watchers of events would give to the development,
as per the seriousness of the state government on its much touted rule of law
and fears that it may engender in the minds of public, but all entreaties were
rebuffed…CKNIn a move aimed at preventing Nigerians from getting first-hand
information about developments in the government house, Governor Babatunde
Fashola of Lagos State, on Thursday, January 5, 2011 expelled some reporters
from his office in Alausa, Ikeja. Twenty journalists were expelled by the
governor purportedly to stop “negative” stories from going to the public. His
Special Adviser on Media, Mr Hakeem Bello, told the affected journalists that
the governor had given the order for their expulsion from his office.According
to a source, their misconduct was the way they reported the rigging of the
just-concluded local government council election in the state; the brutalization
of Lekki toll gate protesters; increment in the school fees of the state-owned
Lagos State University (LASU) and the fact that the governor is not happy that
former governor of the state, Senator Bola Tinubu, is seen through various
reports as dictating to him what he does in office, among others. Though, some
of his aides made him to understand that his action would backfire as well as
the likely interpretation the watchers of events would give to the development,
as per the seriousness of the state government on its much touted rule of law
and fears that it may engender in the minds of public, but all entreaties were
rebuffed…CKN