The political leaders characterized the situation as insulting and disrespectful to their fellow governor.

DNTWOK understands that Governor Sanwo-Olu visited the Magodo Phase 2 Estate region of Lagos State on Tuesday to resolve a land dispute.

Lagos’s number one citizen, on the other hand, had a run-in with a police officer who was hellbent on his presence at the estate.

According to the police officer, only the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and the Attorney General of the Federation may order him to leave the estate with his men.

Reacting to the development, South-West governors in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Forum Chairman, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, stated that the attitude of the CSP was not only disgraceful but also disconcerting.

Akeredolu faulted the Attorney General, Abubakar Malami over his role in the situation as he termed it as an “act of gross moral turpitude.”

Akeredolu asked Malami to explain the justification of the intrusion, stressing that President Muhammadu Buhari must reign in the excesses of those under him.

While assuring Governor Sanwo-Olu of their backing, the forum admonished the Lagos State Governor to deploy the Amotekun Corps for effective protection and security of his people.

The statement said: “We are in possession of a video which has gone viral on the social media concerning the disgraceful exchange between a police officer, a CSP, and the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu, the supposed Chief Security Officer of the State, at the Magodo Residential Estate.

“The content of the video is very disconcerting, and this is being charitable. The utter disrespect, which underlines the response of the officer to the Governor establishes, beyond doubt, the impracticability of the current system, dubiously christened “Federalism”. An arrangement, which compels the Governor of a State to seek clarifications on security issues in his jurisdiction from totally extraneous bodies or persons, is a sure recipe for anarchy.”