Kenneth Afor
Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the Lagos State Government to publish names of individuals managing the toll gates in the state under the Freedom of Information Act.
He said this on Friday in a statement titled: “We Must Withdraw from the Brink”.
He also urged the state government to establish the relationship between Lekki Concession Company (LCC) and Seyi Tinubu, son of Bola Tinubu, a former governor of the state, as well as the relationship between Sunday Dare, Minister of Sports and Youth Development and LCC.
The politician insisted that the ownership of the company should be made public.
The statement read: “We are demanding that the Lagos State Government through the Freedom of Information Act publishes the names of those who are managing the Toll Gates.
“We do remember however that there was a buy-back several years ago returning the control and ownership of the Admiralty Tollgate to the Lagos State Government. The Lekki-Ikoyi Tollgate was built from scratch with taxpayers money.
“How then can anyone/company inexplicably make a legal claim to the Lekki toll gates? Again, what is the relationship between Seyi Tinubu and Lekki Concession Company?
“Equally, what is the relationship between Sunday Dare and the Lekki Concession Company? We all know that Sunday Dare until he became Minister last year was Bola Tinubu’s Man Friday. There are too many untidy, dirty, stinking intimations here. That’s why we demand that the details of the tollgate ownership should be presented to the public immediately.”
The PDP chieftain also demanded that the state should come out clean on the alleged N400 million estimated daily revenue it is getting from the two Lekki toll gates and give an account of how the money is being spent.
The statement read: “In fact, how much is Lagos State earning from these two tollgates per day, per month, and annually? It is alleged that an estimated N400m is collected on both tollgates every day. If we are wrong, let them bring out their books and tell us how this humongous money is being spent.
“I have gone to this length to illustrate what could go wrong when there is a brazen interloper and a destructive tin-pot despot who has handcuffed the government of our state.
“This overbloated character is obsessed with the interests of the privileged few to the detriment of the majority of our citizens.”
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