The Chairman of Kosofe Local Council Area, Mr Moyo Ogunlewe, has debunked the allegation that a journalist with MITV, Habeeb Adejobi, was attacked within the premises of the council secretariat in Lagos on Wednesday.
 
Ogunlewe, who was reacting yesterday to some online reports that one Adejobi was assaulted while trying to cover the screening and swearing-in of supervisory councillors for councillors, said that he was the one who spotted the cameraman when he walked into the premises and set up his camera.

Ogunlewe said he was surprised to hear that a man he took to the station claimed to be assaulted by his boys. He said that it was embarrassing to think the son of a former senator, minister, and political leader, like Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, would supervise the beating of a journalist.

“I just saw a man setting up a camera in the premises and asked where he was from. He said he came from a TV station. He had no identification card and had nothing to show he was a genuine journalist. He produced a piece showing he is from Arise TV. I was surprised to read that he is now from MITV,” he said.
 
Ogunlewe, in a statement, further said that his opponents were behind the mischief. He said the person arrested within the secretariat was taken to Ogudu police station for questioning.
 
He said: “Adejobi claimed to come from Arise Television, but Arise said nobody bears such a name. He claimed to have been sent by one Samuel.”