Minister of State, Foreign Affairs II, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator Musiliu Obanikro, has berated the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, over the monarch’s comment on the Igbo living in Lagos.
A statement by Obanikoro, on Wednesday, said the threat issued against the Igbo was not in line with the character and spirit of Lagosians.
He described the traditional ruler’s statement as a premeditated and needless hostility capable of causing division within the state.
An enraged Akiolu had said that Igbo living in Lagos, who do not vote for the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, will perish in the lagoon.
Obanikoro said, “These people have not only become arrogant with power, they are gradually becoming despots. If an individual lays claim to not only handpicking a governorship candidate but alluded to also owning Lagos as it were, the Igbos should know what such a statement portends for them as a people sinisterly regarded as strangers.
“This was the same manner some Igbos were packed like spare parts and dumped somewhere in Anambra State about a year ago by the APC government regardless of where each person came from.”
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