Loatsad Promomedia has issued a statement clearing up
rumours that it played a role in the attack on #EndSARS protesters
at Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday evening.
The media company owned by Seyi Tinubu, son of Popular Lagos
politician/APC national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, disclosed that they shut
down their billboard at the Lekki Toll gate based on an order by the state
governor, Baba-jide Sanwoolu.
The statement read in full:
“When we started in 2014, we had a plan to change the
perception of African start-ups in the global space. We believed as Africans,
we could create something great and we set out with a N4m loan from a bank and
we started trading, going from door to door begging for work and relentlessly
grew the business employing and empowering over 200 Nigerians today directly or
indirectly. We have supported many upcoming businesses, artists, people in need
as giving back to our community has always been our passion (all this can be
verified).”
“All of our achievements thus far have come the from hard
work, sweat and determination of our work force and everything Loatsad has been
doing has been open, all taxes are remitted and payments to agencies and
regulatory bodies have been timely, so we can be proud to say we are
contributing the growth of the industry and Nation.”
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.”
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