The management of Loatsad Promomedia Limited has cleared the air on report making the round that the billboard at the Lekki Toll gate where the Tuesday massacre happened was deliberately put out by the agency.
A statement from the advertising agency owned by Seyi Tinubu, one of the sons of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday said the billboard was switched off due to the curfew imposed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The statement added that the board was switched off based on the governor’s curfew request as they had no idea what was going to happen to the unarmed #EndSARS protesters.
It reiterated that the agency had lent its support to the #EndSARS movement since the peaceful demonstrations began across the state.
“When the #EndSars and “say no to police brutality” protests started from day one we wholly supported the movement and used all our platforms to promote the messages (I believe the promoters can verify this information) as we believed in the cause.
“On Tuesday when the curfew was announced we heeded the governors warnings and didn’t want our staff in any danger, hence by 3pm our staff had been ordered to leave the site and the board was switched off based on the governors curfew request.
“We had no idea what was going to happen and we feel the same anguish, pain and shock at the events that unfolded and our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and families of this ungodly act.
“We believe in this movement and that it was the start of the change our generation needed to move our country forward and we will continue to support the youths of this great nation,” the statement read.
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