The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has urged the Ndigbo and other non-indigenes in Lagos State to forgive all that has been said against them and move on for the sake of peace.
Buhari said this during a rally in Lagos to address the comments made by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu.
Akiolu has been under fire since Monday when he reportedly threatened the Ndigbo in Lagos to either vote for the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, or perish in the lagoon.
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday asked Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola to suspend Akiolu forthwith.
However, the President-elect described Lagos as home for all, adding that the time had come for Nigerians to look past ethnicity in the general interest of peace and unity.
He said, “I admire what your governor has done in terms of mobilising revenue to sustain Lagos development. I have a lot of respect for Governor Fashola for his hard work, commitment to the state and the country. There is no doubt that Lagos is a mini-Nigeria. We are all here and it has been mentioned by previous speakers that everybody (tribe) is adequately represented in Lagos.
“So, I assure you. If you vote for the continuity of APC in Lagos, you stand to gain more. It is in your interest that you vote for the APC.
“Please when you go home tell your neighbours, relatives and even the opposition to please bury the hatchet. Let them fall in line and vote the APC.
“When we were coming in our bus, Fashola told me how Lagos State had been spending to maintain the federal infrastructure here such as buildings, roads and other institutions. I had promised before that if I won the election and became the President, I would make Lagos my priority. Governor Fashola is already holding to me to that promise so I would like the incoming governor to listen carefully and make sure he makes me honour my undertaking.”
The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said Lagos was responsible for building the opposition and ensuring that it finally took control of the centre.
He said it would be a great injustice for Lagos to become an opposition state after working so hard to build a bright future. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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NE should stop these propaganda. Where did buhari beg ndigbo to forgive the oba?
ReplyDeleteIt's either you are blind, you cannot read, or you cannot comprehend simple English.
DeleteWhichever one, you have a problem obviously.
Please Read this!!! "The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has urged the Ndigbo and other non-indigenes in Lagos State to forgive all that has been said against them and move on for the sake of peace." Or are you looking for the word BEG?
DeleteDont u understand English "bury the hatchet"; so until he starts prostrating that is wat u understand by BEGGING........shwwwww
DeleteCan one oba tell ur people dat without burning every members of d family. Pls mr president elect ask ur self if am d one what will I do.
ReplyDeleteNigerians that kick off the first step of dementia start wyt Igbos. First it was d so called "King wytout a crown" calling for mass killing of Igbos for not voting for Buhari in Enugu State. His can be excused as the ranting of a tout but not a 1st class Chief. Haba Sir! Your actions may very well cost Ambode dis seat. I urge all Lagosians to troop out on Saturday n vote for Jimi Agbaje. Let d Oba do his worst. Shameless old man.
ReplyDeleteAm not happy that am joining issues with a fool like you, anyway you really need to learn so manners and public decorum.
DeleteBuhari, abeg come to Rivers state to give the APC there more sense of belonging and to reiterate to PDP that they are history for now
ReplyDeleteBuhari, abeg come to Rivers state to give the APC there more sense of belonging and to reiterate to PDP that they are history for now
ReplyDeleteBuhari short up your dirty mouth John you are stupid all of you are jokers and double standard people . You are begging to vote APC for the work Fashola did in lagos that it will be injustice, yet you fools did injustice to PDP for all GEJs good work and rigged him out. If not that he sacrifed his ambition for Nigeria to still be united will you have mouth to talk all these rubbish, As for you Buhari you better go and hide in shame, GEJ has shown you that he is the winner that is why the whole world are adoring him as the greatest Nigerian who saved the soul of Nigeria. You are here talking about your promise to Fashola , do you think that you will climb that seat talk less of fulfilling an empty promise. You must have change in Lagos otherwise there will be no election. What happened in Kano RCO is a child's play , it will be you generations that will perish in fire after 16 years of Tinubu rain to continue No change is what we want you have claimed change in the centre we must have change in lLagos Rivers, Kaduna, Kano etc by the special grace of God,
ReplyDeleteU're a bastard and brainless illiterate
DeleteMay u abd ur entire family perish in d lake of fire. Lagos is an APC state
DeleteHaba, make Una take am easy may d country no burn ahh Nigerian nawa.
DeleteAnonymous 8:26-pls stop these curse and insults cos not everyone of us grew up in slums where ur neighbour wakes ur parents with curse and abuses try and be objective without insulting other people plsss!not everyone has a poor background like u sir
ReplyDeleteCan the Oba not apologise by himself?
ReplyDeleteTobalashe
ReplyDeleteNot surprised by this development. Afterall, Fashola packed and dumped some Ndigbo at Onitsha bridge head and nothing happened.
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