Reno reveals what Wike would have done to Commissioner of Police if…

Bestselling author and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, reacting to the faceoff between Security operatives and the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the Magodo crisis wrote: If it was Governor Wike that that CSP disobeyed, he would have known that there are governors and there are Governors. Sanwoolu can’t claim to be in charge in Lagos after this incident. Pointus Pilate is only in charge to the extent Buhari allows. Wike would not tolerate that in Rivers, and something must happen to that CSP. Sadly, Sanwoolu is not assertive enough for a state like Lagos. And no big surprise. He was picked by Tinubu precisely because of his anodyne nature. Heavy Baba so pe Governor! #TableShaker

Backstory

Earlier in December, 2021, there was unrest at Magodo Phase 2 estate in Lagos. Dozens of police officers and officers of the Shangisha Landlord Association invaded the estate to execute a court judgment.

According to witness accounts, the police officers and members of the Shangisha Landlord Association came with bulldozers in an attempt to pull down properties within the estate.

Following the invasion by armed police officers and planned demolition, the Lagos governor, on Tuesday, January 4, visited the Magodo estate and ordered a stand down.

He said a committee has been set up to resolve the crisis. Sanwo-Olu also scheduled a meeting with all parties involved in the land crisis on Wednesday by 11 a.m.

On Tuesday morning, many residents of the estate protested the continuous presence of armed police officers.

The protest and closure of the estate gate grounded vehicular movement as some residents and business owners were prevented from going to their various destinations.

The argument that state governors are not in charge of security in their various states was reinforced, as a police officer refused to disengage from the Magodo estate operations or call his superiors at the order of Governor Sanwo-Olu.
   
In the hot exchange captured in a short video that has gone viral, the governor was seen directing the unidentified police officer, who said he is a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) to disengage from the assignment, which he (the governor) said was illegal, since he was not aware of the operations as the Chief Security Officer of the state.
   
The officer refused to disembark, explaining that he was there with his men at the orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).
   
He also refused to give the governor the exact figure of officers in the operations, arguing that he cannot give out such information for security reasons.