According to Vanguard, the former Deputy National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, Wednesday,
cautioned National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu against what he described as THE harassment of Igbo residents in Lagos.
In a statement, George
frowned at the recent use of thugs, hired urchins and low-lives allegedly used
to harass and unleash mayhem on the people of the South East in Lagos
describing it “reprehensible, condemnable, sickening and very dangerous.” The
statement reads: “This clearly ill-advised jungle justice on fellow Nigerians
whose offense is basically the fact that they voted according to their
conscience is capable of provoking a reprisal attack and a greater cataclysm
that may graduate into a fury that no one would be able to control.
“Since yesterday I have
been talking to various stakeholders from the South East to be restrained and
calm and not to let the unfortunate incident widen into another violent
scenario that may consume the nation itself. “I am appealing to President
Buhari to call Bola Tinubu to order lest his reckless penchant of mobilizing
thugs against all perceived enemies does not ricochet into the tragedies of
1962 and 1963 which eventually triggered the Nigerian Civil war.
“Lagos is a mini Nigeria.
It is the most accommodating and the most friendly entity in the Nigerian
space. We welcome everyone with vivid embrace and with sincerity of purpose. We
are the Nigerian melting pot, encouraging traders and various merchants to
bring their gods for sale. We do not discriminate. If we had discriminated
against Tinubu himself, he could never have risen to the level of relevance
which he has achieved today in our Lagos. “We need peace in Lagos. We do not
need hired hands sponsored to disrupt business activities of fellow Nigerians.”
Source
Vanguard
Source
Vanguard
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