TVC Finally Speak On Arrest Of UNILAG Students; Claims Nigerian Police Lied

The management of Lagos-based television station, Television Continental (TVC), has come out to dispute police claim that 13 students of the University of Lagos were remanded in Kirikiri prison over claims of an unlawful invasion of the television facility at the Ikosi neighbourhood of Lagos.

Abisola Agbaje, the legal manager of TVC in a press release in Lagos said;

“The Management of Continental Broadcasting Service Limited (owners of TVC) refutes these stories and categorically states that TVC has no hand in the arrest of the students.” 

“TVC did not at any point report or lodge any complaint at the police station,” 

“Truly, the Students came into our premises on Friday the 31st of March, 2017 on or about3 p.m. to protest the “alleged rustication by UNILAG”.

“The protest was peaceful which we have on record and the students left our premises peacefully.”

She explained that the report of the protest was yet to be aired because as at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 2, Unilag authorities were yet to respond to the allegation, and that “as a responsible media organization, reputed for fair and balanced reportage we had to hold on until we get UNILAG authorities side of the story.”

Ms. Agbaje’s position was corroborated by the deputy chief executive of the station, Lemi Olalemi, who, non-plussed at police claims, said the students who came to the facility were “really well behaved and did not do anything untoward to warrant arrest in my opinion.”

He joined Ms. Agbaje to “call on the Nigerian Police to step forward and state when, and if TVC indeed lodged a formal complaint that led to the arrest of the students.”