Morayo Afolabi-Brown recalls escaping TVC fire during 2020 protests
- The TV host said she and colleagues were trapped in the studio as attackers set the building on fire.
- She said her 98-year-old grandmother-in-law and mother-in-law walked through the crowd to find her.
- Afolabi-Brown shared the account on Tuesday, six years after the October 2020 protests.
Television host Morayo Afolabi-Brown don describe how she and her colleagues comot from TVC Communications building for Lagos after dem set am on fire during the October 2020 #EndSARS protests.
She talk about the night for one video wey dem share on Tuesday, six years after the protests, according to reports by Punch and Legit.ng.
Afolabi-Brown, wey host TVC morning programme Your View and wey Punch describe as former managing director of TVC Entertainment, talk say the team go on air the morning after the Lekki shooting. She talk say she tell her colleagues make dem talk as dem feel, because e fit be their last chance to do so.
Two of the four presenters no fit reach the studio because dem dey Lagos Island, she talk. She and one colleague, Tope, dey mainland and present from the studio while the others join online.
Trapped inside the studio
While the programme still dey live, she talk say communication with the control room go silent. She recall the last words she hear: say the attackers dey inside the building.
When she and Tope try to open the studio door, she talk say dem see people already dey newsroom carry fire. Dem block the door with chairs and consider to comot through back exit, but dem drop the idea when dem see buses dey burn outside.
She talk say she call the Commissioner of Police and others for help while dem wait inside.
The two outlets differ on one detail: Punch report say na Tope husband first go with police officers before e turn back when e realise say im wife still dey inside, while Legit.ng talk say na Afolabi-Brown husband.
Afolabi-Brown also talk say her 98-year-old grandmother-in-law and her mother-in-law comot house after dem see the events on television and waka towards TVC premises. She talk say the crowd let the two elderly women pass.
"Very painful, but we thank God for life," she talk.
She talk say wetin happen to her, Tope and the crew no suppose dey played down, and say Nigerians get stake for the country no matter their workplace.
The 2020 protests against police brutality na mainly young Nigerians lead, and dem dey mark the anniversary six years on.
