LAGOS – 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 and 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:- Vanguardngr
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