Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has offered a more detailed response to his Anambra State counterpart, Peter Obi as controversy raged over the sending home of some indigenes of Anambra.
It was his second response in 24 hours.
Fashola first corrected the exaggerated number of the people involved. He said they were 14 and not 70 or 72 as being circulated.
Second, his response included past letters to the Anambra state Governor, since April, informing him about the plight of the 14 people, who had indicated their desire to return to their home state, after they were rehabilitated at Majidun Rehabilitation Centre.
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“They were taken to Majidun Rehabilitation Centre where they treated, detoxified and restored. Thereafter, it was possible for medical and social workers to interview them.
“In the event, they disclosed that they were from Anambra and sought assistance to go back home”, said the letter.
For those who may be thinking that the decision to send the 14 people home was the sole invention of Lagos State Government, Governor Fashola also included a letter from the Akwa Ibom Government to Lagos Ministry of Women Affairs, repatriating two indigenes of Lagos, who were picked up on the streets of Uyo.
It can be recalled that, Governor Obi blasted the Lagos state govenor "Lagos State did not even bother to consult with Anambra State authorities, before deporting 72 persons considered to be of Igbo extraction to Anambra State, is illegal, unconstitutional and a blatant violation of the human rights of these individuals and of the Nigerian Constitution."
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igbos crying, what else have u to say?
ReplyDeleteGovernor Sir,
ReplyDeleteAccept that you are a tribalist. Simple! What if their Destitution was a product of bad governance? Do you know how many crimes your 'Area boys' commit against Lagosians? Posterity will judge you.
You are simply a tribalist. What pains me most is that you are a SAN. It is pardonable if you were an illiterate. Your action offers no hope for Nigeria as a country.
ReplyDeleteWhy must dey wish to remain in lagos.... No place like home nah,,,, fashola even try for giving them free transportation..
ReplyDeletekiss my ass fashola
ReplyDeleteWell i believe as a nigerian, you're at liberty to stay anywhere you want to in this country. But the deportation in my opinion says other wise. i still hope the two state will work with something reasonable.
ReplyDeletepersonal finance. Inspiration. Lifestyle
What do u expect of illiterates(ibos)? Its only 419 n ritual dem sabi. Evev d so-called educated ones use their anus to think. Talking witout proper research!
ReplyDeleteBiafra my foot!
look these are all political statments.
ReplyDeletethey know what they are doing.
he fashiola will destroy there shops call them lunatics even boko haram member and deport them.
igbos abeg unit
You are a tribal leader simple. You will not respond to the imposition of a yoruba market leader on Ladipo traders.
ReplyDeleteLet all the jobless nd homeless pple go back to their home towns nd start doing something.Lagos is becoming hotter everyday.is nt only ibos,everybody even all those hausa nd yoruba beggars on the streets
ReplyDeleteDese are all tissues of lies, how about d ebonyi state man dat was arrested on his way 2 work is he also a lunatic? Dis defence from lagos state gov is embarrassing.
ReplyDeleteIbos stop crying go back to ur homes and make it better than lagos if u can. Rubbish ibos. BRF, welldone. In fact chase all these non Yoruba out of lagos. Let them go back to their states
ReplyDeleteI'm SURPRISED that it is ONLY the "GREAT" FASH that DISAGREE with the NUMBERS of "DESTITUDES" that where "RETURNED" to their "HOMES"-at UPPER IWEKA BRIDGE to "REUNITE" with their "FAMILIES" after being "REHABILITATED" and "RESTORED(new from FASH)"-i.e 69/72. If all his OFFICIALS include LASG did not mention 14, where did my FASH "the MAN" got his FIGURE 14 from?
ReplyDeleteBrother FASH, I believe U're AWARE that U're a "DEVOTED" muslimi. So why are U telling CHEAP LIES in this "HOLY" MONTH of RAMADAN/AWE/ASUME/IBU ONO?
Na wa O!
Dis attack on Fashola shuld stop henceforth on dis deportation issuse, is it only anambra dat's affected or only igbos? Can you believe dat Osun and Ekiti states and two northern state are included, why d noise frm dis illegal people called igbos or biafra, can't you relocate back to your state? Na so una dey bombard diffrent states, una just dey cry for noting, we Yoruba will threat you d way Hausa people dey threat you d nasty Igbos people, ungreatful idiots.
ReplyDeleteD surprising thing is dat others were deported and they left u here. Very soon they wil burn u 2 ashes or throw u inside d lagoon where rotten thieves lik u deserve. It is d bastard ashewo dat gave birth 2 u dat I blame. Stupid lazy Coward.
DeleteWhat has the publishing of Akwa Ibom letter got to do with inhuman treatment of Nigerians inside their fatherland? If anything, it exposes Lagos State government as callous, ego-centric and tribalistic. Where's their own letter to Anambra State government and who acknowledged it? Nonsense!
ReplyDeleteDats to show dat such had bin done to lagos state, fashola is a (san), he knws mre about †ђ3 law, dnt let us criticize wat we shudnt criticised,many yorubas are sent to dere state durin iILEYA last year, y nt accept †ђ3 deportee n help dem on dere earn means. I pray God shud help us I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ dis our country, lagos populations is much. God go help us sha. Plz b calm
DeleteIf they found their families and reunited them it would have been ok. If it was a Govt to Govt deal and they were properly handed over to to a Govt agency it would have been ok. Dumping them on a spot in Upper Iweka is crude and barbaric to say the least. The action can only be pardoned if they were lunatics that were transported by uncaring relatives and dumped on a Lagos street as is usually done by many Igbos. Let us take heed for the future.
ReplyDeleteI support people to seek greener pastures & in attempting to achieve, not blame inability to position self correctly on others.
ReplyDeleteDevelopment of self is primary. Only relatives accepts persons regardless of liabilities.
Rather than hide cheaply under one social rights clause. We as a nation should constantly put intense energy to present skillsets that are lacked & i tell you, not only will our transportation be catered for, all other logistics including accommodation will be managed by the city/country that requires our service!
If we must develop rapidly as a nation, we need to be value-oriented, than always making emotions/sentiments the foundation of our actions.
The press should stop all this unnecessary heat about this Igbo deportation issues,, the press are among those sowing seed of hate and division in this country! We are already dis-united, we should all be careful,
ReplyDeletemost of us commenting here are not yet born during the civil war! Some cannot even stay without food for a day, how many of you can stand seeing your love once lying on the ground shot dead ????? We should promote peace not hate ....
I support people to seek greener pastures & in attempting to achieve, not blame inability to position self correctly on others.
ReplyDeleteDevelopment of self is primary. Only relatives accepts persons regardless of liabilities.
Rather than hide cheaply under one social rights clause. We as a nation should constantly put intense energy to present skillsets that are lacked & i tell you, not only will our transportation be catered for, all other logistics including accommodation will be managed by the city/country that requires our service!
If we must develop rapidly as a nation, we need to be value-oriented, than always making emotions/sentiments the foundation of our actions.
NE dn't even knw dia wk well, dey need proper orientation as regard journalist wk. Dey are the root cause of hatred among d three tribes in dis country cos having gone tru all d comments nd l found out dat dia re some comments Dat ought nt to be published by NE. Y shud NE publish a comment frm l yoruba man wich says dat yoruba ppl wil treat lbos d way hausa ppl do nd if l may ask, does dis comment promote national unity. NE maraife nd stop sowing seeds of discord. Long life nigeria.
ReplyDeletePlease i am just begging the two party not bring problem between their self, please may God be with NIGERIA.
ReplyDeleteigbos! el matosky et al. Dont blame an educated governor for disallowing rif rafs of ur tribe to spoil yoruba land and then run back to ur creek. You are a tribe difficult to live with. Ingrates that will never thank their suitors. This is how u pay us back by allowing u to live among civilised beings but i am surprised that ur orientation is still the same having stayed with us this long. You should leave us if you refuse to be educated
ReplyDeleteI can bet that d cheap fone ur using to type this rubbish was imported by an ibo man. Even d clothes u are wearing. Its unfortunate that they can't import a brain 4 u!
DeleteChasing the ibos and thinking the lazy yorubas can inherit their wealth and business stance.
ReplyDeleteChildren of Oduduwa, una dey jonse (lol)...
I am sure u typed this with a stolen phone cos u do not sound like someone who has anything good 2 offer. If fashola has any sense in his head, he would send fools like u in2 d jungle where u rightfully belong.
ReplyDeleteYou racist bastard, Foshola you are an big FOOL
ReplyDeleteStupid igbo illiterate, enroll for adult classes."a big fool" not an big fool. The only things are good at is rituals, 419, and armed robbery.(And speaking terrible English)
DeleteThe Illitrates are doing better than educate fools like you. Upon una money una stills dey find free education. Olodo jonser!!!!
DeleteEven if d idea can be explained the execution was completely undefendable. A typical case of acting before thinking. Either anyone is FOR or AGAINST this action the reality is dt it has cause more problem than provide solution to whatever reason for taking this decision in first place....Odun Tutu.
ReplyDeleteCome and bet me... Ibos must take over dis Lagos and they are about to,thats what u are avoiding. Ibos comes to pursue and takeover wether u like it or not. Continue making noise, ndi ara! Long live ndi igbo!
ReplyDeleteThese are people aspiring for the Presidency. Just imagine what Tinubu cronies will do if by chance they get the exalted office under APC.The average Yoruba man is sentimental by nature; they see their domain as the only heaven that exist and all non Yorubas are intruders. Lagos development has nothing to do with the Yoruba race
ReplyDeleteYes Anonymus 3:25pm, it's the fone that you pick-pocket sold to me that you got from the club last night Alaye oshi, omo baba meta.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting to let us knw your yoruba governor doesn't have anything upstairs.
You better go back to primary school so you can learn how to construct a defense.
Olodo omo.
I strongly believe Governor Fashola is lying ,if actually he had been having discussion with the Anambra state government in respect of this issue ,why then did he drop those people at Onitsha? Is Onitsha government house? Which Anambra state government official did he hand them over to? In fact the level of hatred portrayed here by this man Fashola is not expected of a public servant who calls himself a governor .
ReplyDeleteFashola dis attitude of urs is unfair,hv u 4goten dat yorubas also liv in igbo land?Igbos were among those who strongly voted 4 u now wot u will use 2 reward dem is dis rubbish.Welldone!!!
ReplyDeleteAm so angry Anonymus 3:25 isn't responding. The olodo decided to relax his good for nothing head.
ReplyDeleteI can bet the mumu is one of the destitutes that goes from resturant to restuarant and bars singing praises of Chinedu and begging about in the words; "ejo broda, e ran mi lo wo sir".
Shameless fool.....
Nah! D point dat is paining u seriously has been made + silence is d best answer 4 a Fool! Meanwhile, I'm nt anonymous 3.25. I just figured cos I'm smart. Don't respond 2 dis o cos u will end up displaying ur stupidity as usual & taking ur foolishness 2 another level. Just go & cry in ur hole, very quietly!
DeleteOlodo, you too dey the ejo sir e help me class.
DeleteOmo baba meta, immorality wan kill una....
igbos wan kill dia self on top small pinch. What will u do if we actually deal with u.
ReplyDeleteIt is intresting that no one is asking why Gov. Peter Obi did not acknowledge that LASG contacted his gov earlier on this issue and disclose his response. Is he just seeking cheap popularity? With the contnued slaughter of igbos by BH, where is the outrage from Igbo Govs?..Peter Obi and Orji and others compaired to the return of 14 madmen that were dumped in Lagos?. Hmmmm...just food for thought about ibos and their leaders.
ReplyDeleteIf you like cry from now till infinity ,BRF has done it and there is no going back . Going forward he will deport more useless non Lagosian than are only liabilities to lagos . Lagos must move like a mega city and plenty of sacrifices must be paid including human sacrifices . So if you are not a Lagosian and you are a liability , l pity you. BRF, more of that
ReplyDeleteInteresting.....I wonder how you igbos think. If you guys think Fash is really wrong and he is lying, maybe you should ask what the two igbo people in his goverment presently are still doing that they haven't resigned...one of them from anambra state o...
ReplyDeleteDont y'all realise some people are just using you to play politics?
@Ken "Lagos development has nothing to do with the Yoruba race". I beg to differ with you, as this does not seem to be the case. History of Lagos 101 will tell you that it was the Saro/Kiri yo (Creole) people with Yoruba blood that laid the foundation of modern Lagos, including culinary, music, education, religion, civil service, etc.
ReplyDeleteIf you are keen, I can take you on a guided tour of where they first settled on Lagos island where you can see some relics of their footprints, before they moved to Yaba, etc.
It is a big shame that Fashola and his party unwittingly allowed themselves to fall into a humongous elephant trap which Ibo political elite and intelligentsia have been seeking to lay for a while. Of course they have scored a cheap political capital which is now being made an albatross for Fashola, his party, and the Yoruba people to carry, just as they did for Awo. A myth will now be created round this, and in 10, 20...50 years time, when a Yoruba nurses a presidential ambition, Ibo people will refer to this, to galvanise support against such ambition.
ReplyDeleteMalaysia jails Nigerian student for heroin
ReplyDeleteA Nigerian student has been sentenced to 12 years’ jail and 10 strokes of the cane by the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia for possession of 90.99 grammes of drugs in Subang Jaya two years ago.
According to the Malay Mail Online.com, Judge Datuk Abdul Alim Abdullah handed down the sentence on Uchenna Onuzulike, 37, who pleaded guilty to the alternative charge.
He was ordered to serve the sentence from the date of arrest.
Onuzulike was charged with possession of 80.59g of heroin and 10.4g of morphine, found in two boxes of scooter roller board to be sent abroad.
The offence was committed at a delivery company, Traxenim Corp Sdn Bhd, at Jalan USJ 10/1 Subang Jaya at 1.30pm on May 24 2011.
Initially, Onuzulike was charged with trafficking in the drugs, an offence which carried the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
However, he pleaded not guilty after the prosecution, represented by deputy public prosecutor Harris Ong Mohd Jeffery Ong offered an alternative charge with possession of the drugs.
"There was a country"if you dont like my work write your own says the Professor of our time Prof.Chinua Achebe,had explain an average Yoruba man their surname is BETRAYAL,so am not surprised at Lier Mohammed neither am i surprised @ Fashola,this is their life generally they are knwn for betrayal,so nobody should bother himself for nothing sake they will still betray you,for those of you IGBOs that are still wining & dining with Fashola in Lagos that you all will regret your relationship with them
ReplyDeleteFashola silence would have been the best answer but it seems you really knew what you did that was why you have been trying all hard to defend. What prevented you from handing them over to the government of the said state if you dont know what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteHow many of you was aware in 2011 that 29 People(Beggars) was also deported from Anambra to Emboyi and Akwaibom state?
ReplyDeleteYou better wise up....Eko Oni Baje o