Arewa Council Denies Attacking Lagos State Task Force

The Arewa Council of Chiefs has denied that northern residents in Lagos recently attacked members of the Lagos State task force in Agege area.

Ekohotblog reports that Lagos State task force officials were attacked during a social distancing enforcement at Agege Central Mosque, which eventually led to the sealing off of the mosque by government officials.

In a statement signed by Alhaji Aliyu Bambado, the Galadiman, Arewa Council of Chiefs in Lagos, the body said: “These two individuals claimed that the worshippers, allegedly from the northern part of the country, attacked the operatives of the Lagos State Environment Protection Agency (LASEPA).

“As the only constitutionally and legally-recognised Arewa Council of Chiefs, we wish to outrightly disown the concocted story in the Vanguard and dissociate ourselves from the so-called Sarkin Hausawa and Sarkin Idi-araba.

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“Both claimants are unknown to Arewa Council of Chiefs in Lagos under the authentic leadership of the two eminent people, Alhaji Aminu Yaro Dogara (Chairman Arewa Council of Chiefs and Sarkin Hausawan Lagos) and his deputy, Alhaji (Dr) Mohammed Bambado, who is also the Sarkin Fulani of Lagos State.”

“Consequently, we intend to conduct thorough investigation to ascertain the people behind that publication which is capable of creating bad blood between people of the north resident in Lagos and the respected Arewa Council of Chiefs.

“We wish to state for the records that we have nothing to do with the claims by the two individuals and we are not aware of any such conflict between the so-called worshippers and the officials of the environmental agency,” the council said.

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