“There
is something I often dread doing: joining issues with somebody I admire or
somebody so dear to me. This is why I usually dwell on issue-based articles.
Again, I am always very collected as a person – not given to vulgarity or
banality. Nevertheless, in the case of Governor Babatunde Fashola, it is a
complex mix: He is a man whose performance as governor has attracted him
wide accolades and encomiums, and he is very close to my personal friend and
colleague, Senator Bola Tinubu. I met Fashola for the first time when he was
serving as the Chief of Staff to then Lagos Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He
passed off as a calm, humble and urbane person; which of course influenced
Tinubu to hand over power to him at the end of his tenure. Since his emergence
as Governor Fashola has shown character, and comported himself honourably.
That was the case until he committed a recent blunder, which has the capacity of erasing all the good works he has done so far in the saddle as governor. I was taken aback when the news broke out penultimate week that his administration had deported 67 Igbo from Lagos and dumped them in Onitsha in Anambra State without defining what their offence really was other than for the fact that they were destitute persons. At first, I did not believe the story, because of the respect I have for Fashola. But further investigations have since proved the story to be veracious.
I do not care about the spirited defence by Fashola and his media men to twist the fact and paint their critics as villains. That is their right though. But I had expected him to show some remorse for his thoughtless and unprovoked action against a people whose only crime is that they were born in a country that has chosen to hate them for no just cause.
Let me quickly point out here that I am disappointed at some of the comments made by some highly-placed individuals in defence of the illegal and indiscriminate action of the Lagos State Government. These articles and comments smacked of fallacy, irrationality and non-seriousness. A few of them are outright provocative and ethnocentric.
Nonetheless, one fact these armchair commentators cannot sweep under the carpet, try as they would, is that Igbo are hated for no justifiable reason. What offence did the innocent 67 deported Igbo commit to warrant such a dehumanizing and demeaning treatment in their own country? The most grievous offence anybody can commit today in Nigeria is treasonable felony or murder, which often attracts the death penalty. In this circumstance, what the government of Lagos State should have done was to commit them to the legal process and not take the laws into its hands.
Facts gleaned from the victims of the racist act by the Lagos State Government showed clearly that they did not commit any criminal offence to be so treated. Even if they had committed any punishable offence what the government should have done (as I indicated earlier) was to arraign them before a competent court for trial. One worrisome aspect of the whole thing is that it was shrouded in secrecy and only came to the fore when the victims and their relations started crying blue murder. Why was the deportation of the ‘illegal aliens’ secretly carried out if the government had no skeleton in its cupboard? What would it have cost the government to publicize the matter before taking such an ill-advised and irrational decision? To bundle 67 bonafide Nigerians into a ‘container’ escorted by security operatives and dumped them at Onitsha Bridgehead was callous, degrading, and an affront on the sensibility of all Igbo in particular and Nigerians in general.
In reaction to what happened the whole world has been speaking out to show how outrageous and unjust the action of the Lagos State Government was. If this kind of thing could happen to our co-citizens on our own soil what becomes the faith of those living in other countries? Is it not deceptive for us to condemn the nations that mistreat our citizens when back home we have no respect for human rights and the constitution? The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria explicitly condemns what Fashola and its cohorts did, because its provisions are very clear on the freedom of every Nigerian to live in any part of the country without any let or hindrance.
Again, even if those deported were destitute persons as their accusers claimed should that warrant such an inhuman treatment? There was an incident that happened when I was governor grievous enough to warrant some persons to be sent packing from our state, but I stood up against such an action, even when I was advised not to. My primary focus at that time was what the constitution said about citizens’ rights and privileges. I was not carried away by the euphoria of the office of governor, because I knew deep inside me that one day I would leave the seat and walk the streets like every other Nigerian. This is why I find it very detestable the actions of some governors that pander to undue emotionalism in matters bordering on human rights, citizens rights and the law generally.
It has to be made clear at this juncture that nobody or government has the right, under whatever guise, to ask any citizen of Nigeria not to live anywhere of his choice in Nigeria. It is a pity that what rules some of our leaders is pettiness and narrow-mindedness. For the 8 years I was governor, I made it a standing rule that the so-called non-indigenes should not be discriminated against in any form as I never believed that any Nigerian resident in any part of the country other than his state of birth is a non-indigene. Our government offered jobs to ‘non-indigenes’ from all parts of Nigeria, and even sponsored a bill to the state House of Assembly to make it possible for any person born in Abia State or has lived in Abia State for up to 8 years to qualify to stand for an election and enjoy other privileges. Against all odds, we even appointed an indigene of Imo State as a Commissioner. There were also Special Advisers and Assistants who did not come from Abia State appointed into exalted positions. They included people from the West and North. Abia State was truly a home for all Nigerians at that time.
I believed, and still do, that wherever any Nigerian lives, ekes out a living and pays his tax is his home and is, therefore, entitled to any benefits accruable to the indigenes of that state. This is the spirit of the United States of America and many other developed nations of the world.
Why does it look as if everything works in the United States? The answer is simple: there is patriotism and respect for the life and property of their citizens. This is why an average American can die for his country. As rich and developed as the United States is it still grapples with the stifling task of taking care of thousands of homeless persons. There are over 56,000 homeless persons in New York City alone. Despite their menace the New York City Council still fends and caters to them. The beauty of the American spirit comes to play during the inclement winter. The councils go round providing shelter and comfort to hundreds of thousands of homeless persons. In fact, a sizeable part of the financial resources of the New York Mayoralty goes to catering to the hordes of homeless persons that are seen in open places across the sprawling city.
The same situation obtains in the United Kingdom and major cities in Europe. In London, Hackney to be precise, there is a particular place where drug addicts stay and beg for alms. I learned from a reliable source that the City of London takes care of them in spite of the fact that they are drug addicts. I am sure that if it were in Nigeria, Lagos to be specific, probably Fashola would have dumped them at the Eleko Beach at night to be swept away into the Atlantic Ocean.
Today, all kinds of obnoxious things are happening in our country in the name of politics and ethnicity. Some states have gone a step further to sack non-indigenes – something I find loathsome and repugnant. Who is a non-indigene? The word is totally alien to the Nigerian Constitution or any part of our statutes. The word was a creation of those whose vision about Nigeria is bighted and jaundiced. If they should place Nigeria in a broader perspective – beyond their parochialism and clannishness – they would likely see the beauty of the vision of our forefathers that promoted unity and oneness of Nigeria. There is no way we can make progress as a people if we failed to pull resources and work together irrespective of creed, religion or status. What should define our vision is our common patrimony.
If Fashola did not know, let me tell him in plain language: his unpopular action has placed him in the darkest part of history and drawn the ire of our people. The angry outbursts from a cross-section of the country will simply tell him how pained the people have been over his action. And he has just one way of not writing himself into the book of infamy and that is to make restitution over his decision and offer unqualified apology to our people, especially the families of those deported. This kind of illegal and provocative act should not be made to have a place in our national life. In fact, the menders of our current constitution should insert a clause in it that will make it impracticable for any power-hungry governor or local government chairman or any person for that matter to wake up and sack any Nigerian resident in his area of authority for the mere reason that he or she is a non-indigene. A provision should be made for any infringement of such a law to attract stiff penalty.
Let me use this opportunity to dismiss as daft the arguments by some uninformed persons that Igbo do not contribute anything substantial to the development of Lagos. It is an open secret that Igbo comprise a sizeable percentage of the businesses and population of Lagos State. Ajegunle to Ijanikin, Yaba to Oworonshoki, Surulere to Agege; Alimosho to Ajangbadi; Mafoloku to Badagry, Ikoyi to Epe are populated majorly by Igbo who own properties and businesses that yield billions of naira daily for the Lagos State Government. What of the Trade Fair Complex that houses ASPMDA (Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association), Idumota and Balogun Markets – where Igbo own large businesses and drive the economy of Lagos? What of individual Igbo who own and operate large businesses such as real estate, publishing and manufacturing?
There are Igbo who have led all their lives in Lagos. I know I have lived in Lagos for over 30 years and own businesses employing over 3,000 Nigerians and foreigners. Two out of every five huge business outfits in Lagos are owned by Igbo. The interesting thing about the Igbo is that they are republican in nature and see wherever they stay as their home. This is why they build mansions wherever they are resident – whether it is their ancestral home or not. Their enterprising and accommodating disposition has placed them at the receiving end of hostility by their host-communities.
Is it not the same situation in the north where Igbo are killed in their thousands by their militant hosts, yet have refused to leave? It is for reason such as this that I can safely state here that Igbo are more sincere than many other ethnic nationalities to drive the unity and progress of Nigeria.
I challenge Fashola and his co-travellers in this bus of shame to disprove the claim that Igbo contribute more to the development of Lagos than any other tribe in Nigeria. Apart from the income from the federal allocation, the second largest source of revenue for Lagos State comes from investments by Igbo. There is no other tribe in Nigeria that has contributed to the physical development of Nigeria as much as Igbo.
I can state at this point, without any fear of contradiction, that I can count on my finger tips the properties owned by non-Igbo in the entire Abia State. But go to Lagos, Port Harcourt or Kano and see the massive investments Igbo have made in those places. The reason for this is simple: Igbo believe truly in one Nigeria.
Even in leadership, Igbo exhibit the same attitude. This could account for Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s (Zik) inability to do much for his people when he held office as first indigenous Governor-General and President. We are all witnesses to what has been happening since Zik left the stage. Successive leaders have spent enormous resources developing their own places and offering juicy positions to their kinsmen. Zik was detribalized unto death.
Permit me to use this space to sound a note of warning to those that fan the embers of hate and ethnicity that times are changing very fast. They should change with the tide or be ostracized by fate. It is a very sinful and callous act to discriminate against any Nigerian in any part of the country for the lame reason that he is a non-indigene. It was Bola Tinubu that first appointed an Igbo into his cabinet in Lagos. Interestingly, Fashola retained the man. If he could sustain this legacy, why then has he allowed himself to be manipulated by anybody or, better still, self-delusion?
Ordinarily, I would have called for the arrest and prosecution of Fashola and all those involved in this dastardly act but for my deference to the injunction of the Holy Book: to err is human, to forgive is divine.
In that spirit, I hereby discharge and acquit Fashola and his band of human rights abusers on the condition that they show remorse, confess and own up to their sin and ask God for forgiveness, promising to go and sin no more. Failure to do so, I will be compelled to seek redress to court.”
That was the case until he committed a recent blunder, which has the capacity of erasing all the good works he has done so far in the saddle as governor. I was taken aback when the news broke out penultimate week that his administration had deported 67 Igbo from Lagos and dumped them in Onitsha in Anambra State without defining what their offence really was other than for the fact that they were destitute persons. At first, I did not believe the story, because of the respect I have for Fashola. But further investigations have since proved the story to be veracious.
I do not care about the spirited defence by Fashola and his media men to twist the fact and paint their critics as villains. That is their right though. But I had expected him to show some remorse for his thoughtless and unprovoked action against a people whose only crime is that they were born in a country that has chosen to hate them for no just cause.
Let me quickly point out here that I am disappointed at some of the comments made by some highly-placed individuals in defence of the illegal and indiscriminate action of the Lagos State Government. These articles and comments smacked of fallacy, irrationality and non-seriousness. A few of them are outright provocative and ethnocentric.
Nonetheless, one fact these armchair commentators cannot sweep under the carpet, try as they would, is that Igbo are hated for no justifiable reason. What offence did the innocent 67 deported Igbo commit to warrant such a dehumanizing and demeaning treatment in their own country? The most grievous offence anybody can commit today in Nigeria is treasonable felony or murder, which often attracts the death penalty. In this circumstance, what the government of Lagos State should have done was to commit them to the legal process and not take the laws into its hands.
Facts gleaned from the victims of the racist act by the Lagos State Government showed clearly that they did not commit any criminal offence to be so treated. Even if they had committed any punishable offence what the government should have done (as I indicated earlier) was to arraign them before a competent court for trial. One worrisome aspect of the whole thing is that it was shrouded in secrecy and only came to the fore when the victims and their relations started crying blue murder. Why was the deportation of the ‘illegal aliens’ secretly carried out if the government had no skeleton in its cupboard? What would it have cost the government to publicize the matter before taking such an ill-advised and irrational decision? To bundle 67 bonafide Nigerians into a ‘container’ escorted by security operatives and dumped them at Onitsha Bridgehead was callous, degrading, and an affront on the sensibility of all Igbo in particular and Nigerians in general.
In reaction to what happened the whole world has been speaking out to show how outrageous and unjust the action of the Lagos State Government was. If this kind of thing could happen to our co-citizens on our own soil what becomes the faith of those living in other countries? Is it not deceptive for us to condemn the nations that mistreat our citizens when back home we have no respect for human rights and the constitution? The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria explicitly condemns what Fashola and its cohorts did, because its provisions are very clear on the freedom of every Nigerian to live in any part of the country without any let or hindrance.
Again, even if those deported were destitute persons as their accusers claimed should that warrant such an inhuman treatment? There was an incident that happened when I was governor grievous enough to warrant some persons to be sent packing from our state, but I stood up against such an action, even when I was advised not to. My primary focus at that time was what the constitution said about citizens’ rights and privileges. I was not carried away by the euphoria of the office of governor, because I knew deep inside me that one day I would leave the seat and walk the streets like every other Nigerian. This is why I find it very detestable the actions of some governors that pander to undue emotionalism in matters bordering on human rights, citizens rights and the law generally.
It has to be made clear at this juncture that nobody or government has the right, under whatever guise, to ask any citizen of Nigeria not to live anywhere of his choice in Nigeria. It is a pity that what rules some of our leaders is pettiness and narrow-mindedness. For the 8 years I was governor, I made it a standing rule that the so-called non-indigenes should not be discriminated against in any form as I never believed that any Nigerian resident in any part of the country other than his state of birth is a non-indigene. Our government offered jobs to ‘non-indigenes’ from all parts of Nigeria, and even sponsored a bill to the state House of Assembly to make it possible for any person born in Abia State or has lived in Abia State for up to 8 years to qualify to stand for an election and enjoy other privileges. Against all odds, we even appointed an indigene of Imo State as a Commissioner. There were also Special Advisers and Assistants who did not come from Abia State appointed into exalted positions. They included people from the West and North. Abia State was truly a home for all Nigerians at that time.
I believed, and still do, that wherever any Nigerian lives, ekes out a living and pays his tax is his home and is, therefore, entitled to any benefits accruable to the indigenes of that state. This is the spirit of the United States of America and many other developed nations of the world.
Why does it look as if everything works in the United States? The answer is simple: there is patriotism and respect for the life and property of their citizens. This is why an average American can die for his country. As rich and developed as the United States is it still grapples with the stifling task of taking care of thousands of homeless persons. There are over 56,000 homeless persons in New York City alone. Despite their menace the New York City Council still fends and caters to them. The beauty of the American spirit comes to play during the inclement winter. The councils go round providing shelter and comfort to hundreds of thousands of homeless persons. In fact, a sizeable part of the financial resources of the New York Mayoralty goes to catering to the hordes of homeless persons that are seen in open places across the sprawling city.
The same situation obtains in the United Kingdom and major cities in Europe. In London, Hackney to be precise, there is a particular place where drug addicts stay and beg for alms. I learned from a reliable source that the City of London takes care of them in spite of the fact that they are drug addicts. I am sure that if it were in Nigeria, Lagos to be specific, probably Fashola would have dumped them at the Eleko Beach at night to be swept away into the Atlantic Ocean.
Today, all kinds of obnoxious things are happening in our country in the name of politics and ethnicity. Some states have gone a step further to sack non-indigenes – something I find loathsome and repugnant. Who is a non-indigene? The word is totally alien to the Nigerian Constitution or any part of our statutes. The word was a creation of those whose vision about Nigeria is bighted and jaundiced. If they should place Nigeria in a broader perspective – beyond their parochialism and clannishness – they would likely see the beauty of the vision of our forefathers that promoted unity and oneness of Nigeria. There is no way we can make progress as a people if we failed to pull resources and work together irrespective of creed, religion or status. What should define our vision is our common patrimony.
If Fashola did not know, let me tell him in plain language: his unpopular action has placed him in the darkest part of history and drawn the ire of our people. The angry outbursts from a cross-section of the country will simply tell him how pained the people have been over his action. And he has just one way of not writing himself into the book of infamy and that is to make restitution over his decision and offer unqualified apology to our people, especially the families of those deported. This kind of illegal and provocative act should not be made to have a place in our national life. In fact, the menders of our current constitution should insert a clause in it that will make it impracticable for any power-hungry governor or local government chairman or any person for that matter to wake up and sack any Nigerian resident in his area of authority for the mere reason that he or she is a non-indigene. A provision should be made for any infringement of such a law to attract stiff penalty.
Let me use this opportunity to dismiss as daft the arguments by some uninformed persons that Igbo do not contribute anything substantial to the development of Lagos. It is an open secret that Igbo comprise a sizeable percentage of the businesses and population of Lagos State. Ajegunle to Ijanikin, Yaba to Oworonshoki, Surulere to Agege; Alimosho to Ajangbadi; Mafoloku to Badagry, Ikoyi to Epe are populated majorly by Igbo who own properties and businesses that yield billions of naira daily for the Lagos State Government. What of the Trade Fair Complex that houses ASPMDA (Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association), Idumota and Balogun Markets – where Igbo own large businesses and drive the economy of Lagos? What of individual Igbo who own and operate large businesses such as real estate, publishing and manufacturing?
There are Igbo who have led all their lives in Lagos. I know I have lived in Lagos for over 30 years and own businesses employing over 3,000 Nigerians and foreigners. Two out of every five huge business outfits in Lagos are owned by Igbo. The interesting thing about the Igbo is that they are republican in nature and see wherever they stay as their home. This is why they build mansions wherever they are resident – whether it is their ancestral home or not. Their enterprising and accommodating disposition has placed them at the receiving end of hostility by their host-communities.
Is it not the same situation in the north where Igbo are killed in their thousands by their militant hosts, yet have refused to leave? It is for reason such as this that I can safely state here that Igbo are more sincere than many other ethnic nationalities to drive the unity and progress of Nigeria.
I challenge Fashola and his co-travellers in this bus of shame to disprove the claim that Igbo contribute more to the development of Lagos than any other tribe in Nigeria. Apart from the income from the federal allocation, the second largest source of revenue for Lagos State comes from investments by Igbo. There is no other tribe in Nigeria that has contributed to the physical development of Nigeria as much as Igbo.
I can state at this point, without any fear of contradiction, that I can count on my finger tips the properties owned by non-Igbo in the entire Abia State. But go to Lagos, Port Harcourt or Kano and see the massive investments Igbo have made in those places. The reason for this is simple: Igbo believe truly in one Nigeria.
Even in leadership, Igbo exhibit the same attitude. This could account for Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s (Zik) inability to do much for his people when he held office as first indigenous Governor-General and President. We are all witnesses to what has been happening since Zik left the stage. Successive leaders have spent enormous resources developing their own places and offering juicy positions to their kinsmen. Zik was detribalized unto death.
Permit me to use this space to sound a note of warning to those that fan the embers of hate and ethnicity that times are changing very fast. They should change with the tide or be ostracized by fate. It is a very sinful and callous act to discriminate against any Nigerian in any part of the country for the lame reason that he is a non-indigene. It was Bola Tinubu that first appointed an Igbo into his cabinet in Lagos. Interestingly, Fashola retained the man. If he could sustain this legacy, why then has he allowed himself to be manipulated by anybody or, better still, self-delusion?
Ordinarily, I would have called for the arrest and prosecution of Fashola and all those involved in this dastardly act but for my deference to the injunction of the Holy Book: to err is human, to forgive is divine.
In that spirit, I hereby discharge and acquit Fashola and his band of human rights abusers on the condition that they show remorse, confess and own up to their sin and ask God for forgiveness, promising to go and sin no more. Failure to do so, I will be compelled to seek redress to court.”
Orji
Uzor Kalu..Two time Governor of Abia State
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I luv dis. We need more men like Gov. Urji Kalu in dis country
ReplyDeleteFashola erred by any standard and his action is highly condemnable.Reading through all what Kalu wrote,he is a tribalist to the core.He mentioned all that Igbo nation has achieved to the extent that the Igbos are the only tribe good tribe in Nigeria.This is a former governor unfortunately.Nigeria is so full of emotive and irrational leaders.Kalu forgot that he awarded himself a degree in Abia state university while serving as a governor and thank God the degree was withdrawn after he left office by good people of Abia state.On what moral ground is he speaking? In a true nation we should all condemn wrong govt policies and decisions with one voice.He talked as an Igbo man and not as a Nigerian why blame Fashola then? For me,Fashola and APC runs elitist government.All he sacrificed for developments and projects are the downtrodden: okada riders,market women,hawkers,road side traders etc
ReplyDeleteYou are selfish. I dnt blame you cos those people are not ur dead mother or Sister. Sentimental goat.
DeleteMy great man you are one out of thousand. Fashola for me is behaving like someone who has never traveled out of Lagos before. His apologies will not even be enough for me cos I m very disappointed. Apology can return those who died.
ReplyDeleteHe shouldn't make it an Igbo affair, He should sue fashola for human rights violation instead because I find it difficult to beleive that a Gov like fashola could be so so insensitive as to dump human's like dungs in d middle of d night at upper Iweka, Isn't that d height of man's inhumanity. majority of d pple he dumped are not Anambra Indigens , so why claim u wrote Anambra state govt ?, did u write them to harbour other Indigens ?let me see how APC will win Lagos come 2015
ReplyDeleteShutup mr anonymous 10:16.....why can't some ppl keep sentiments aside and judge a matter with complete honesty...have u ever had of ppl being deported from new york to califonia? or from london to man u? they r all nigerians and hav equal right to be any where in nigeria just as the indigens do. wat d lagos state govt did is very wrong and unlawful and the victims should be apologised and even compesated bcos they have been displacesed.
ReplyDeleteLet's us all mind our business cos all dis ppl are. D same thing, they knw each other very well. Politicians are liars, and do not forget dat lagos state. has become a dumping of human beings, if ppl dosent have anyting doing in lagos let dem go back to their various state, I belive dey can do better in their state
ReplyDeleteI do not see where Fashola erred,if these guys are destitutes their state gov should provide them jobs raher than heep their predicament on another over populated state.
ReplyDeleteMost of u are been sentimental on dis issues,ur rights doesn't allows u to be nuisances n burdens 2 a city wit visions,dis is y Nigerians are been deported 4rm oda countries bcause of dis our characters.It is true we haf to protect d peoples right but we need 2 be causioned as well.
ReplyDeleteKalu Uche let's causion our people as well come over 2 Lagos n c how dis people exploit d people of Lagos thru many of forms namely;begging of money wit pretence,robbing d people,child trafficking n prostitutions & all sorts of illegal n criminal activities & they rush into Lagos every blessed day cause d Yorubas n Lagosian are very accomodating.
ReplyDeleteThunder fire ur mouth is thr no state with crime y au singling out a particular ethnic group,who are ur ppl,ediot how many times have helped those down trodden in d@state u called ur pll.may u bcom a destitute 1day n b deported then u will no who n who ar ur pple willing to hlp u,to hell woth u
DeleteFashola act was very wronged. If he truelly wants to develop Lagos as he rightly claimed, he should have thought of making provisions for the destitute just as it in other developed nations lk US, UK etc where there is home for the old,ophans,etc in which they re well taking care of by the government. Pls let's be pervasive on this cos I believe is a national issue that should affect everyone cos the table can still turn round if its not dealt with. I'm not an Igbo person but that's the truth.
DeleteNigerians we are one,wat fashola has done is wrong.ask urself what if other govenors do the same wat will become of our nations unity.wether igbo,hausa,yoruba,efik,ijaw,ibibio,and all other ethnic groups we are all nigerians and we have our rights stated in our constitution,fashola I prove to you that u have acted unconstitutionaly and that's is not what is expected of a leader.remember there are yorubas who are also homeless in another sate.
ReplyDeleteThis is an act of which human beings (Igbos)in Lagos would begin to be missing (selling human being (Igbos))bc the way they be hold is devilish.Gov. of lagos should mind theyself b4 law of land would come agaist them and natural law that covers human beings.
ReplyDeleteD truth is dat wat Gov Fashola did is wrong n unconstitutional, its d right of Nigerians 2 live in any part of d state, let's stop being sentimatal here, we claim 2 be one Nigeria but we don't act in accordance 2 wat we say, I tink he should tender his sincere apology 2 Abia state Govt.
ReplyDeleteWhy d blames ? Jonathan should explain why a governor has to do that don't u guys think so ? APC sorry Amord people carier .
ReplyDeleteI served in warri and I know that i went through hell. I was told point blank that I'm non indigene and can never work in DSC. Abeg, we are accomodating in yoruba land.
ReplyDeleteYeye dey smell, yoruba's are betrayals many of them hv done it in pass and many are allso cowards.Anybody that is supporting this act will one day see it Amen.
ReplyDeleteFashola sent back some Igbos back to their home, many igbos are mad.. why? I have been seeing Biafra pages on facebook or many sites, I think you dont have to be mad, Igbos wont stop living on their lies and we are this and that, when your people are suffering and your home is on fire, you guys have watched so many fake lives igbos celebs are living and you think Biafra is close to it. This Lagos was once, its a dirty place, too rough and today, No man's Land, Before you open your Okoro mouth, did Lagos look like in 1998? Now, the present govt is working, We igbos made me? How? cos we are paying taxes? which taxes from Garri and Spare part shops, Dont talk like an idiot, cos many igbos have shown their stupidity lately and i understand that they have been brainwashed of what they are not, Igbos are pulling the trigger of no one Nigeria, why are you mad? LASG, can only track taxes from Coke, Cadbury, Nestle and Glo companies to develop her state, no one is paying taxes, Igbos be smart and I pray every igbo man can leave S.W before i wake up from bed and let the Yorubas leave. I recall few years ago, we igbos want to leave, we have crude oil, today S.W is endowed... Igbos you can leave, Goodluck to you.. FYI, Lagos is a Yoruba Land, try and check Nigeria Map well and Enugu is a igbo land.. A lil words is enuff for a wise and the foolish igbos can bash my comment, cos i careless.. if una like, make una die one by one... mshew, like i care
ReplyDeleteYeye, you dis useless yorubas wey write dis useless comment no get work. Cus if other state governor has done what fashola did, don't you dis country would have turn to sudan nonesense
ReplyDeletepls dnt develop lagos again,na by force? U pple r d most tribalistic animal on earth. Lagos did not start deportation,anambra did. Rivers,akwa ibom has done it. Secondly,igbos were not the first to be deported.then y r u now crying like babies? R u untouchable? Let every destitute go to aso rock in abuja as thy av the right to move freely in thr country,becos lagos is not more fct. And to all igbos,this is just the beginning.we want to turn Alaba,ladipo and other markets to ultra modern markets where spare parts and pirated cds are not needed. We want to sack non-yorubas from lagos civil service,so biafrans think home......
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