Igbo Will Remain in Lagos, You Dare Not Send Them Away – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to a plan to chase Igbo people out of Lagos State and other parts of the southwest geopolitical zone starting from August 20 till the end of the month. The hashtag #IgboMustGo was started by one account “Lagospedia” while the #EndBadGovernance protests were ongoing across the nation.
“They have one month from now to leave and relocate their businesses from all South-West states. We urge all Yorubas living in the South-East to return home,” the handle had tweeted.
The statement added that Obasanjo for the first time spoke about the claim of his Igbo paternity, declaring that such insinuation makes him laugh.
Several other political leaders have reacted to the issue while calling for peace and harmony in Nigeria. In fact, Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the last general elections called the plan “genocidal”.
Olusegun Obasanjo, who has been accused of having his root in Igbo land, made a statement while receiving leadership of Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market on Friday at his library in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
He released a statement through Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi saying that those who are asking Igbo people to leave will be the one to vacate Lagos.
According to the statement, the former President said he doesn’t believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country, asserting that, “we own this country together”.
He said, “Having ensured that the Yorubas, Igbos and Hausas all came together to fight the war of unity in Nigeria and “not to fight Igbos to go, but to come.
“So, if anybody says to me that somebody should leave any place, he will be the one to leave.”
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