The Special Adviser to the Governor on Communities and Communication, Kehinde Bamigbetan, made this known at the monthly Interactive session themed: “Securing our Communities,” organized by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs for Community Development Committees, Neighbourhood Watch, Community Development Associations with other relevant Stakeholders at Ikorodu Division of the State
Browsing: Kehinde Bamigbetan
In a statement made available to the media on Sunday, Bamigbetan, a seasoned journalist, said after serving two terms as chairman of Ejigbo LCDA, his constituents have mandated him to move higher to the House of Representatives
These scars are now part of my psyche. They form part of the story that I will carry to old age
The abductors, he revealed, mandated him to champion youth empowerment and job creation for graduates in the country
‘They said a lot of people said I was a good man and then when the newspapers started writing the reports, they said everyone was talking so well of me and I must be a good man’
The Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Damasus Ozoani, said there was no information about the missing council boss
Though details of Bamigbetan’s release were still sketchy as at press time, the Public Relations Officer of Ejigbo LCDA, Rabiu Hassan, confirmed that his boss had been freed
He said the most important issue is for the kidnapped chairman to be found
The OPC, which revealed it has joined in the search for Bamigbetan, said no one touches a Yoruba man the way the kidnappers have done to Bamigbetan and goes scot free
According to a report monitored on Ray Power radio, a man, who claimed to have also been a victim of the kidnappers, delivered the message to Bamigbetan’s family
Bamigbetan was Chief Press Secretary to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he was the Lagos State Governor