Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has refuted media reports that Calabar, the Cross Rivers State capital was locked down yesterday following his visit to the state.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Laolu Akande, the Vice President said he was in Calabar and Lagos yesterday, June 25 to only pay tribute to two eminent Nigerians whose lives reflected the very virtues of integrity, trustworthiness and social justice, which can lift the nation. The statement further disclosed the names of the two Nigerians to include Late Justice P.O.E Bassey and Dr. Christopher Kolade.
It clarified that the Vice President arrived Calabar at about 10:30am, attending the Justice P.O.E Bassey Memorial Lecture, at the University of Calabar, and left the town about 3:30pm,heading for Lagos where he spoke at the Convention for Integrity 3rd Annual Lecture.
According to the statement,”Prof Osinbajo was well received in Calabar witnessed by the warmth shown him and his delegation by the people and government of Cross River State.
”Claims that the town was in a lock down because of his visit is just another mischievous and baseless report from some of the same social media quarters that misled the nation in the past about his purported exclusion from security meetings.
” The Vice President did not even spend ten hours in Calabar and could not have locked down the town, as his convoy moved freely among the people in regular traffic as he normally does.
”I personally observed several people go about their normal activities and businesses without any hindrance.
”He has since returned to Abuja after his trip to both cities,” the statement clarified.
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