LAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday revealed that
only 14 rehabilitated persons rescued from the streets were returned to their
state of origin in Anambra State, and not 67 as reported. Fashola, who made the
clarification during a visit of Aka Ikenga, Igbo community in Lagos to his
office in Alausa, Ikeja said what happened was indeed “a very small matter”
that has been exaggerated to score cheap political gain. Explaining the
situation, the governor said that there was actually correspondence between the
Lagos State Government and the liaison office of the Anambra State Government
in Lagos on the 9th of April, 2013, from the Special Adviser on Youths and
Sports, Mr. Enitan Badaru, to the office on integration. According to him,
there was a reply from the liaison office to the Lagos State Government on 15th
April requesting specific information, which he said was provided in another
letter to the liaison office on 29th of April, adding that when they failed to
respond to the last letter, the state government was forced to act since the
state was expending resources on feeding. Fashola explained that it is wrong
for Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State to say that he was not informed, adding
that it is either he was being mischievous or was not properly informed by the
liaison office, which exchanged correspondence with the state government.
Fashola felt sad that the governor, who had called him personally on minor
issues in the past, opted to go to the press on a matter that could have been
settled. “If the governor had called, we could have sorted out things”, he
said, adding that what happened was not new. Governor Fashola displayed a
similar letter he received from Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio
on two persons who claimed to be from Lagos State. “We took them in, but they
are not from Lagos and we are looking through the South West”, Fashola said,
adding that such issues ought to have been treated on merit without ethnic or
religious coloration, which he said engenders sentiments in people. Speaking on
comments from some constitutional lawyers, the governor said that rights
guaranteed by the constitution are not absolute. “If you want to live in my
house, you must live according to the law by not constituting nuisance. If you
become a nuisance, I have a duty to protect myself”, he said, and advised
experts to moderate their comments. Earlier, President of Aka Ikenga, Mr.
Godwin Uwazurike, said Igbo in Lagos have always supn ported the government and
will continue to be loyal, but that they were put under pressure following
alleged deportation of 67 Igbo from Lagos State. Another member of the team,
Mr. Ben Aka, told the governor that his group is now finding it difficult to
convince Igbo in the state and indeed Anambra to support the All Progressive
Congress (APC) with Anambra election around the corner.
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Fashola ur aliar,only 14 pple.imagine a san does nt know hw 2 count.yoruba una life no follow.
ReplyDeletedeporting dem away 4 rm lagos.fashola & tinubu mking all dis noise re they 4rm lagos state.deporting pple dt migrated d same way u did.u hv shown us what ur apc hv 4 nigeria.a failure
ReplyDeleteDo u go to school at all? When is constituting nuisance has become somebody being called nuisance. U pple just read without understanding.
ReplyDeleteweather Nuisance vs constituting nuisance, his actions were bad and his reactions are even worse.
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