Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has
insisted that some of the houses built in Lagos State used to be a swamp.
Ohanaeze made the remark while berating a chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George for criticising Igbos who built
houses and developed Lagos State.
The organization said George’s remark was “unstatesmanly and
bigoted.”
George had said it was disheartening and unpatriotic that
despite the challenges facing the country, it was ‘who owns Lagos’ that some people
were preoccupied with.
He said: “Why couldn’t the Igbos focus on developing their
own states instead of Lagos? What stops Iwuanyanwu from developing the Igbo
land instead of developing Lagos?”
Reacting, Ohanaeze in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Alex
Ogbonnia said: “Any person who knows Lagos will agree with the Igbo leader that
some of the Igbo properties are standing on what used to be swamps.
“The George theory will also query why other Nigerians are
obligated to the development of Abuja to give it the required international
status.
“For Bode George to suggest that the Igbo erred by
contributing to the development of Lagos is not only un-statesmanly, bigoted,
narrow-thinking and self-serving but stands at variance with the ethics and
decorum of a man who has benefited immensely from the corporate existence of
Nigeria.
“George alluded to the prevailing pervasive poverty in the
country and in his judgment, believes that destruction of peoples’ property in
Lagos is an antidote to poverty.
“Ohanaeze has watched with dismay, the selective vocality of
Chief Bode George; when many parts of the Alaba International Market were
destroyed, George was mute. When there was intimidation of voters in Lagos
State, George was mute, among several others.”
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