BEVERLY HILLS, October 21, (THEWILL) –Â Hoodlums on Wednesday attacked Television Continental, TVC, at Ketu, Lagos.
A popular talkshow programme, YourView, was on when the hoodlums besieged the station.
The programme host, Morayo Afolabi-Brown said the hoodlums came in a van.
Videos online confirmed by workers at the station said the assailants set fire to the station over its connection to a former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu.
TVC building reportedly set ablaze.#EndSARSpic.twitter.com/nB8SWeCqXJ
— #EndSARS (@OloriSupergal) October 21, 2020
BREAKING: TVC News transmission has gone offline after an angry mob infiltrated their studio and set it on fire. pic.twitter.com/DDRSXuva7G
— YabaLeftOnline Media (@yabaleftonline) October 21, 2020
— Angry mob attacks TVC , set the station on fire.. pic.twitter.com/xEDpLeWkpW
— VyrãlTreñdz (@TheVyralTrendz) October 21, 2020
While Lagos State Television, LTV has been shut down after hoodlums attacked the station.
An editor in the station, who prefers anonymity, said it was attacked by hoodlums around 09 am
He said the hoodlums destroyed some properties of the station.
Members of staff of LTV said they have been asked to vacate the premises of the station at Alausa, Lagos.
At present, the television station has gone off the air.
