Lagos APC, PDP intensify drive for non-indigenes’ votes
Lagos state governorship candidates, Ambode and Agbaje
AHEAD of the April 11 governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos are making frantic efforts to secure bulk votes from non-indigenes, especially Igbo residents, who form considerable percentage of voters in the state.
While the APC is emphasising the need for continuity, based on what it terms the 16 years of achievements by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Babatunde Fashola administrations, the PDP is harping on the need for change. It argues that “the ruling APC has outlived its usefulness in government” and that the party “has done very little in infrastructure development, which is grossly below the income accruable to the state in the last 16 years.”
Yesterday, a Lagos monarch (names withheld) read the riot act to Igbo leaders in the state, over alleged plans to scuttle the ambition of the APC candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, at the polls on Saturday.
The king said he was aware of such plans by Ndigbo and he was prepared to make life miserable for any group of people that sabotage his efforts to ensure that Ambode is elected as next governor of state.
The PDP in the state is also appealing to Lagosians to vote out the ruling party, which it accused of anti-people policies, draconian laws, corruption and a one-man show.”
In the same vein, Rivers and Imo states, which are controlled by the APC, but were lost to the PDP in the presidential and National Assembly polls, are battlegrounds.
The Rivers APC has since petitioned the National Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, asking for immediate redeployment of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gesila Khan, which it accused of colluding with the PDP and security agents to rig the Presidential/NASS elections.
Coming from the backdrop of the outcome of the presidential election, which placed both parties on a very tight rope in Lagos —though the poll favoured the APC — where the party also conceded some National Assembly seats to the PDP, particularly in some Igbo-dominated areas, a reliable source disclosed to The Guardian that the ruling party has since summoned the Igbo community to a meeting in Ikoyi for deliberations on how they could vote en masse for the APC.
According to the source, “The APC leaders and some traditional rulers, who were irked by the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential results in Lagos, made it clear to the Igbo’s that it would not be in their best interest if the state should slip into the hands of the PDP, which would be in the opposition as from May 29 when the APC would have formed the central government.”
Apart from the fact that the APC leaders directed the Igbo people to go back and talk to their people to make the right choice, the directives did not go without some measure of conditions that the representatives of the Igbo were made to accept.
Although the source did not disclose the conditions given to the Igbo leaders, it however, has to do with the investments of the Igbo people in the state, “which were huge and expansive.”
Reacting on the governorship election, Spokesman of the APC in Lagos, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, said the victory of President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has foreclosed any serious contest between the Lagos PDP and APC. “I can assure you that our governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, is going to dust Jimi Agbaje.”
Igbokwe said many of the people, who voted against the APC during the presidential election, did so solely because President Goodluck Jonathan was in the race. “Now that Jonathan is out, the majority of them have shifted allegiance to the APC. There is no contest again and I can also assure you that next Saturday will be the end of the PDP, because it will cease from existence. I can see the party losing in Lagos, Kano, Imo and others on Saturday.”
The APC spokesman, however, dismissed insinuations that the leadership of the party is intimidating the Igbo community for support, saying: “There is no iota of truth in the statement.”
Calling on the citizens of Lagos to vote for progress and change, former PDP National Deputy Chairman, South West, Chief Olabode George, re-iterated that Lagos would continue to be run as a one-man show, “where an individual dominates and decides what happens.”
He said it was high time Lagosians liberated the state because the power that enthroned the outgoing governor of the state against the desires of even the APC members has succeeded again in foisting Ambode on the party. “It is only the electorate that could reject this one-man show through their votes,” said George.
George added that no party or individual could intimidate anybody to get his or her vote. “There is freedom of vote and expression,” he insisted.
He said it is important people of the state vote for change on Saturday because the APC has failed to develop the state commensurate to what it has earned in terms of Federal Allocation and internally generated revenue in the last 16 years.”
George added: “Agbaje has all that it takes to develop the state to the expectations of the citizens, instead of the one-man show we have all witnessed in the last 16 years.”
Visibly enraged, the Lagos monarch, who had summoned all the Igbo Ezes in Lagos to his palace, said the support of their kinsmen for the opposition party in the state could frustrate current efforts being made in all quarters to ensure that it is no longer in opposition to the Federal Government.
His words: “On Saturday, if any one of you goes against Ambode, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know that I am a bastard and it’s not my father who gave birth to me.
“By the grace of God, I am the owner of Lagos for the time being. This is an undivided chair. The palace belongs to the dead and those coming in the future. On Saturday, I swear in the name of God, if anyone of you goes against my wish that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos State, the person is going to die inside this water.
“For the Igbo and others in Lagos, they should go where the oba heads to. When they were coming to the state, they didn’t come with all their houses. But now they have properties in the state. So they must do my bidding. And that is the bidding of the ancestors of Lagos and God.
“I am not ready to beg you. Nobody knew how I picked Ambode. Jimi is my blood relation and I told him that he could never be governor in Lagos for now. The future belongs to God. I am not begging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba or anywhere you cannot do it here.
“If you do what I want, Lagos will continue to be prosperous for you; if you go against my wish, you will perish in the water.
“I am for the progress, growth and development in Lagos. Ambode is highly cerebral, he’s a symbol and he is going to deliver the message, which I have said. And he will govern the state for another eight years.
“He is going on a mission and God will give him the wisdom and knowledge to fulfill that mission. Almost a year ago, I declared that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos and it will not change.
“From time immemorial, the previous occupiers of this house will say what they wanted after consultation with other people. And this hasn’t change and it will not change at this time.
“If not for the appeal from Asiwaju and my highly respected maternal father, the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, all that is happening today would not have happened.”
On General Muhammadu Buhari’s victory, Akiolu said God chose him. “And God, who chose him, will be with him. It is God who decided the outcome of the polls. The trust, which Nigerians bestow on him, he must not let down.
“All that Lagos has lost since 1960 till now, with this, God has opened the way, and it will begin to come. I know he (Buhari) is a capable hand and God will be with him. It is government of progress.”
Responding, Dr. Gordian Dimojiaku the Eze Ndigbo of Amuwo-Oriade, Lagos, said they would do the bidding of the monarch and support the APC candidate.
In a swift reaction, spokesman of the PDP in Lagos, Taofik Gani, warned APC against intimidating or inducing opposition supporters from voting according to their conscience.
Gani called on the APC leaders to learn from what President Goodluck Jonathan did when he accepted defeat and immediately congratulated Buhari.
“Our party did not use federal might to intimidate or force anybody to vote against his or her wishes. It is, therefore, unacceptable and undemocratic for anybody to intimidate our supporters,” he stated
He said the ruling party has lost touch with the masses and may be voted out of power on Saturday.
“That is why they are resorting to intimidation and cause to force our people either to vote for their party or not to vote at all. This we will not accept and if for whatever purpose the outcome of the governorship election contradicts the wish of the majority, we will not accept it,” he stated.
Gani, however, appealed to the party’s supporters to remain calm and vote according to their desire. He posited that Lagos has always been in the opposition camp since the history of democracy in Nigeria “there is no cause to change that tradition now.”
A source in the Rivers APC told The Guardian that the party is concerned that if the REC is not redeployed, the party might suffer electoral misfortune.
The APC has intensified radio advert, which has been advocating for the people to vote for its gubernatorial candidate, Dakuku Peterside, as the state cannot afford to be governed by an opposition party as Buhari is to takeover from President Jonathan next month.
In a bid to gather support for the PDP governorship candidate, Nyesom Wike, from the riverine part of the state, two prominent members of the party, under the aegis of in Rivers Ijaw Peoples Forum, Ferdinand Alabraba and Silva Opusunju, have urged their kinsmen to vote against Peterside, who is also Ijaw.
They argued that Wike, the leader of PDP in Rivers State who, when it became necessary to be his brother’s keeper, rose to the occasion, stood for Jonathan, an Ijaw and son of the South-South zone.
“We are truly proud of our collective efforts as a party and congratulate ourselves. We note, with great sadness, that the APC leadership in Rivers State worked against the Niger Delta and the Ijaws in particular when it mattered most and collaborated actively in the conspiracy to scuttle the second term ambition of their Ijaw brother, President Jonathan.
“Rivers APC has, therefore, lost every right to seek the Ijaw support in the forthcoming elections,” they said.
“Forum urges all Rivers voters and Ijaws in particular and their friends to vote for Nyesom Wike for governor and our daughter, Dr Ipalibo Harry Banigo, for deputy governor, as this team has clearly demonstrated the capacity to unify Rivers State and promote the Ijaw interest,” they added.
God chose him. “And God, who chose him, will be with him. It is God who decided the outcome of the polls. The trust, which Nigerians bestow on him, he must not let down.
“All that Lagos has lost since 1960 till now, with this, God has opened the way, and it will begin to come. I know he (Buhari) is a capable hand and God will be with him. It is government of progress.”
Responding, Dr. Gordian Dimojiaku the Eze Ndigbo of Amuwo-Oriade, Lagos, said they would do the bidding of the monarch and support the APC candidate.
In a swift reaction, spokesman of the PDP in Lagos, Taofik Gani, warned APC against intimidating or inducing opposition supporters from voting according to their conscience.
Gani called on the APC leaders to learn from what President Goodluck Jonathan did when he accepted defeat and immediately congratulated Buhari.
“Our party did not use federal might to intimidate or force anybody to vote against his or her wishes. It is, therefore, unacceptable and undemocratic for anybody to intimidate our supporters,” he stated
He said the ruling party has lost touch with the masses and may be voted out of power on Saturday.
“That is why they are resorting to intimidation and cause to force our people either to vote for their party or not to vote at all. This we will not accept and if for whatever purpose the outcome of the governorship election contradicts the wish of the majority, we will not accept it,” he stated.
Gani, however, appealed to the party’s supporters to remain calm and vote according to their desire. He posited that Lagos has always been in the opposition camp since the history of democracy in Nigeria “there is no cause to change that tradition now.”
A source in the Rivers APC told The Guardian that the party is concerned that if the REC is not redeployed, the party might suffer electoral misfortune.
The APC has intensified radio advert, which has been advocating for the people to vote for its gubernatorial candidate, Dakuku Peterside, as the state cannot afford to be governed by an opposition party as Buhari is to takeover from President Jonathan next month.
In a bid to gather support for the PDP governorship candidate, Nyesom Wike, from the riverine part of the state, two prominent members of the party, under the aegis of in Rivers Ijaw Peoples Forum, Ferdinand Alabraba and Silva Opusunju, have urged their kinsmen to vote against Peterside, who is also Ijaw.
They argued that Wike, the leader of PDP in Rivers State who, when it became necessary to be his brother’s keeper, rose to the occasion, stood for Jonathan, an Ijaw and son of the South-South zone.
“We are truly proud of our collective efforts as a party and congratulate ourselves. We note, with great sadness, that the APC leadership in Rivers State worked against the Niger Delta and the Ijaws in particular when it mattered most and collaborated actively in the conspiracy to scuttle the second term ambition of their Ijaw brother, President Jonathan.
“Rivers APC has, therefore, lost every right to seek the Ijaw support in the forthcoming elections,” they said.
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48 Comments
Even though Mrs Gesila Khan is a total disgrace to her entire generation she should be prepered to reap what she sown in Rivers State the disgrace might cause her generation to perish. But I still say that PDp will have Lagos state dispite their many atrocities. Gesila Khan what a devil in the family where you were married to and a foundation of evil to the Children you bear. The Power and the shake of peoples cry in Rivers State is calling on Heaven to intervene so what do you think…Disaster is Coming!!!
You cannot speak the mind of God with your witched intension and hatred because God is love and merciful.
What a pity that this so called oba is misusing the name of God in his unguided and hatred statement. Anyway, knowing the igbos, threat or no threat, they will vote accordingly to their conscience come Saturday. And this rubbish coming from this policeman who found himself in the throne of Lagos will rather galvanize the igbo votes to a greater propensity against his candidate than the oba will imagine. I thinks this oba is wrongly advised to issue this threat, so oba you and those who advised you to issue this threat must get ready to jump into the lagoon seven(7) days after the election.
Ibos can vote whoever they want. Lagos is no mans land, and nobody is an indigene of Lagos. Ibos have been living in Lagos since and before Lugard created Nigeria. Who is this useless OBA to tell Ibos who to vote for? Ibos are democratic in nature, and very liberal minded people. And, what made the OBA think that those so-called Ibo Eze of Lagos, can tell Ibo people who to vote for.
Even Ojukwu cant Ibos who to vote for, talk less of Yoruba Oba of Lagos. This is democracy, so if 45 per cent of Lagosians of Ibo extraction fail to vote for the Oba’s favourite candidate, does it mean that all the Ibos will perish? Don’t be surprise that PDP will take over Lagos.
All your forefathers are useless! Your father and elders at home are useless. If you try this nonsense, we will make yours open to the fact that we are only accommodating and that can change. We have a lot of Yorubas in the East, how many of them have come out for elective post or gang up against the wish of the people. Are you telling me that there were not others in the areas like Enugu, Akwa Ibom, P/H and others where you declared 1.4m and so on. This is just a warning guy! The South East and South South wanted Jonathan and that’s y they wrote that result during presidential election and nobody queried them. We are not fools here.
You are nothing but just a ranting animal. Do you have a wish not to talk of someone going against it. We will vote PDP and if you are not comfortable with that, go and hug a transformer. This simply shows that you guys are jealous of the progress of the Igbo nation. Did we tell you to be lazy, not to hussle and make money to buy properties? Make Devil use thunder mixed with petrol, diesel, salt, pepper fire you and your generation. Idiot!!!
Fine point, but really Igwe Bu Ike, did not abuse anyone, so why start by abusing him. Pls lets allow civility. These curses only denigrates your personality
Is jimmy Agbaje not a youruba man? It seems this your threat is real.I think this should the time to settle this score once and for real.The battle line is already drawn. let saturday come as fast as next hour.
you envy the igbos that make impart anywhere they go, in development and resource accumulation for themselves and the community (land) where they dwell, but thats not the case with your yorubas who don’t partake in develpoment of where they dwell check many banks in the east , oil companies in niger delta taxi drivers & motor park unionist in most cities here, yet they make all the money without building even accommodation for themselves, denying themselves of due integration or recognition in the society .
how can it be actualize their winning an elective positions?
Sulaiman azeez stop envy! be it known to you that one million of you and the oba can not do anything to intimidate the Igbos! Just get ready for a showdown on Saturday if one hair drops from an igbo
Are you going to claim EKO ATLANTIC CITY as yorubaland?
fuck you the useless Oba U will run out of your throne very soon after defeat ass hole Oba
please mr. igwe bu ike,it is Igbo not Ibo the anglicized version.It is very unfortunate that the so-called Oba is threatening the life of the Igbo and to destroy their investment if his preferred candidate fail in the forthcoming election for lagos state governorship.Mind you regardless of his rantings,the Igbo are still going to vote PDP.We will see how heaven will fall because of the ambition of one man who fortified his throne with human blood
I’m sure the igbos are smarter and sharper than to vote against Ambode on Saturday. I don’t see how it would be possible for a Yoruba man to be elected into the Federal House of Reps in Igbo land, for it to happen in Lagos is because the Yorubas are the most accommodating tribe in Nigeria.
I’m certain even the Igbos know that no Yoruba will fight for them if wahala starts and their properties and businesses are burnt and destroyed. I think it’s only right to respect the wishes of those who have been hospitable to you as a stranger…. That’s my advice to all my peoples from the SS & SE…
You are the most stupid animal I have ever heard from! Just wait till Saturday. Remember that you can force a horse to the stream but you cannot force it to drink. As for destroying our properties, lets wait for that time. A child that dances “surrugede” should know that “surrugede” is the dance of the spirit.
Good Point you made here but must you rain curses on him. Cmon we are better than that, lets be civil
@Fred… why are you wasting your energy appealing to the decency of people like @uppdp:disqus… you must know now after all the months of campaigning on this forum that such people have no iota of decency.
@Up PDP thank you very much for calling me a stupid animal, I guess it takes one to know one. I understand where you’re coming from though its never easy easy to be thoroughly defeated and nationally rejected after 16yrs of enjoying power, even though there’s nothing to show the Nigerian people except expert skills in Greed, Corruption and Injustice.
Amyway the Oba has clarified his statement, hope your temperature go come down now brother of a stupid animal.
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has clarified statements of threat credited to him against the Igbos living in Lagos.
In a statement by the Opeluwa of Lagos, Chief Lateef Aderibigbe
Ajose, the Oba of Lagos explained the context in which he made the
statements, restating his commitment to ensuring the peaceful
coexistence of all Lagosians irrespective of tribe, religion or
political persuasion.
There have been reports in the media that Igbo leaders in Lagos paid
the Oba a visit on Sunday April 5 and during the meeting they were told
to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Mr Akinwumi Ambode, or else they will die in the lagoon.
He was alleged to have been angered by the votes garnered in Lagos by
the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
President Goodluck Jonathan, which is believed to have been from the
Igbo community.
Full Text of the Statement:
The Palace Makes Further Clarification On The Statement By The Oba Of Lagos
My attention has been drawn to a publication in a national
newspaper, where HRM Oba Rilwanu Akiolu was alleged to have threatened
Igbos in Lagos to make them vote for Ambode.
Last Sunday, all honorary Eze Ndigbos in Lagos paid a courtesy
call to HRM Oba Akiolu. At the meeting the visitors praised the Oba for
his fatherly support for and cooperation with Igbos in Lagos. They
assured him of their continued good neighbourliness with other tribes in
Lagos and support everything that will further strengthen that harmony.
Oba Akiolu on his part acknowledged the enviable performance of
Governor Fashola and his contribution to the growth of investments in
Lagos. He gave the assurance that he was not disturbed or angry with
South-East and South- South votes for President Jonathan as perceived by
the Eze Ndigbos. The Oba thereafter called on the Igbo chiefs to show
appreciation to Lagos State by supporting his candidate Mr Ambode for
continuity of excellence, as they have earlier promised.
He assured them of his continued support and assistance where
needed and the meeting ended with the traditional breaking of kola nuts,
alligator pepper, and bitter kola and pouring of liberation on the
ground. It was within this context that the tradition of Lagos with
regard to the lagoon came up. It was noted that ‘whoever works against
the throne and the interest and peaceful co-existence of Lagos would end
up in the lagoon as per tradition’.
Oba Akiolu stated further that the Igbo people have not betrayed
the throne. Lagos has also not betrayed the Igbo people. Lagos has done
so much to make the Igbos comfortable and to prosper. For this, we
expect reciprocal respect and understanding. The Oba of Lagos prays that
the Lagoon and the throne will continue to bless and protect all those
who reside and visit Lagos.
Oba Akiolu is the father of all irrespective of tribe, religion
or political persuasion. In Lagos, we have an old traditional proverb
that relates to the Lagoon. The Lagoon is unique to Lagos. The proverb
stresses the need for unity and understanding when you do business in an
environment and in this case when you live and do business in Lagos.
Oba Akiolu prays for peace for the land of Lagos and prosperity for all its inhabitants.
Signed: Chief Lateef Aderibigbe Ajose, Opeluwa of Lagos
Too Late tell your Lazy OBA to Kiss my Ass alright, he meant what he said alright….
Maybe you think that your lies can save you. Listen to your so called oba . Like father, like son. Your story above further shows how desperate and frustrated you guys are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsGqaRXuFt8
You think you will be burning their houses and they will be folding their hands and be watching? WAKE UP MAN!!!!!
Respect is reciprocal.
Shout up , YORUBAS are two faces, Never tell the truth, we are talking about the threat not house keeper, alright, the OBA used the wrong WORDS ok ,
The “Yorubas are two faces , never tell the truth” l hear this statement all the time, l need you to explain the faces.
Wise advice. Lagos Igbos should be careful not to take the hospitality for granted. If the Oba wants Ambode – why would anyone vote in PDP in Lagos now? It seems Igbos want to make life uncomfortable for themselves in Lagos as it has become for them in the North.
Let it be known that no one will threaten IGBOS in Lagos and be free. We have lived peacefully as brothers for over eighty years. Igbos are partly responsible for the massive development in Lagos. If the Oba really said what is being ascribed to him, then it is sad and unfortunate. You can not get IGBO votes by threatening them. However, as an Igbo man, i am of the view that the interest of Igbos will be better served under an APC government. IGBOS have supported PDP for sixteen years and they have nothing to show for it, apart from individuals that have gotten appointments and those that got illegal contracts and enriched themselves. But to threaten that if IGBOS do not vote for APC and that their houses will be burnt, that is a foolish statement. What happens to Yoruba’s that voted for PDP? This is a question that must be answered before any lunatic will come on this platform and fan the embers of tribalism which will not see us go any where. Nigeria has come of age and any where you find your self in Nigeria must be your home. APC should send a bill to the National assembly that will introduce residency laws and make it to work as it is in USA. If you stay in a place for at least five years and pay your taxes, then you must be free to contest elections and enjoy all the privileges that you are entitled to. Tribalism will only set us back. Tribalism works for the elites, a lot of IGBOS are married to Yorubas and likewise Yorubas married to IGBOS. What will you do to the kids of this inter tribal marriages? We should please reason like civilized human beings and stop this nonsense once and for all.
I understand the frustration of the Oba but if the story is true (as it seems very true), this is not fair, Except the Oba has a pact with the people who he was talking with that we dont know and they probably reneged on it – I will not delude myself that Lagos is no man’s land, That would be delusion and i realise that No yourba man atleast in my State -Rivers can contest an election talk more of wining, the highest he can do is get Commissioner appointment like is done in Lagos But i dont think any Ikwerre Monarch will publicly threaten anyone ( even though from our body language, non indigenes will know their place asper Ala ndam)
I will draw your attention to the allegation of some Oba who
took money to vote politician, I wonder if the Oba is doing the same thing for
the same reason in favour of APC. Some Oba’s
for PDP and others for APC think about this, money talks, the poor have no Oba
to talk for them. No Oba is talking for JImi Agbaje let us talk for him, he is one of us
IGBO KWENU IGBO KWEZUE NU BIKO UMUNNEM NA UMUNNAM .ON SATURDAY PLEASE IF YOU CALLED YOURSELF NWA AFO IGBO TRY AND GO VOTE PDP . HOW CAN OBA OF LAGOS TREATING OUR LIFE AND PROPERTIES IN LAGOS . IS HE GOD THAT GAVE US BRAIN HOW TO MANEGE OUR BUSINESSES ., THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHAT THEY WILL DO TO US IF THEY WIN. PLEASE BROTHERS AND SISTERS SPREAD THIS MESSAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFE TO GO AND VOTE TO PDP . IF THEY WIN WE ARE IN THIER POCKET THEY WILL REMOTE US LIKE TV. ….WE HAVE TO LET OUR ELDERS TO KNOWS ABOUT THIS TREAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO OUR PROPERTIES IN LAGOS OBA WILL BE HOLD RESPOSIBLE . BIKO SATURDAY PDP PDP PDP . DAALU NU. REMAIN BLESSED
IF IS BY TREAT ALL IGBOS ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR PDP … AGBAJE WILL BE THE NEXT GOV..UMUIBE REAL AM BOILING HERE .I WILL GO TO ALABA, TRADEFAIR, BALOGUN, TEJUOSHO,LADIPO COKER AND OTHER PLACES TO MAKE SURE WE VOTE PDP FOR GOV, AND HOUSE OF ASSEMBLIES. HOW MANY TIMES THEY CLOSE LADIPO AND OTHER PLACES COS OF ENVINESS.
This so called oba must be a tribal bigot if actually those statements were made by him. Does he think that by issuing out such a threat that his objectives would be accomplished……. far from it, it will rather be to the contrary, thereby having the PDP work cut out for them. The so called Oba should be made to understand that no one accomplishes any sustainable change through threat.. I for one , I do appreciate the good work of Mr Fashola and I am sure he will never like to be identified with this kind of statement emanating from this nameless Oba..
Of Course the Oba is a tribal Bigot ? He his Oba of Lagos, he cant control whoever i wanted to Vote , I still dont understand his mentality,I rememeber the same OBA long time ago stated that after the Election he will name some of the Yorubas Oba that have collected BRIBE from the FG, such bald statement is very Stupid as a former Police Offer, I always beleive Nigerian belongs to all hard working people ,So any YOROBA that vote the PDP the same would happen to them too, yeah ! what a shame ! Wow somebody should ask him to Apologized , He should be OBA of Lagos not APC Governor Communication Director for God Sake help them all…….
APC refused to acknowledge the achievements of Jonathan but are now asking voters in Lagos to recognize the ‘achievements’ of Tinubu and Fashola. What is good for the goose, they say, is also good for the gander. The people of Lagos have made up their minds to effect a change in the political direction of Lagos. Lags is not one man’s fiefdom.
All well meaning Lagosians should vote Jimi Agbaje on 11 April 2015 to prove a point. The era of intimidation is over in Nigeria.
No point to be proving because APC past record speak for itself. Those who want to play ethnics politics can go ahead and do so. Maybe all the Igbo in Lagos should for JIMI so that we settle it at once. What is voting for JIMI AGBAJE do for Igbos stock. beat me. Igbo has been using ethnicity as a politic tool since 1966. I will not be surprise if Igbos insult King of Lagos as they did with Sultan of Sokoto which led to 1967 riot in Zaria.
The Oba of Lagos comment regarding the Igbo is unfortunate; it
appears APC is a cultural group not a political party, which reminds us of how
Fasola (APC Gov) actually physically deported Igbo from Lagos few months back, treating
Nigerian as illegal immigrants in their own Country. This coming election is
all about change, the people will decide this time around not APC, Fashola or
the Oba. A vote for Jimi Agbaje can be the only opportunity to reject politics
of tribalism, winner’s takes. Vote wisely, defend our unity, and reject any
form of intimidation.
The point to be proven is that no people can be intimidated by a bigot masquerading as a traditional ruler. I think the world and particularly Nigeria has moved beyond your 1967 story. This is 2015 and you cannot imagine being talked to as a stranger where ever you may be in Nigeria. We have equal rights where ever one may be in Nigeria and this is adequately covered in the constitution. Whipping up ethnic sentiments will only take us back and that is not what we need now. The Oba has literally taken up arms against a people. We watch to see how far he can go!!
We do not have equal rights in Nigeria. Imagine a Yoruba man wanting to be Governor in Imo, Enugu or Abia state ! Won’t they cut off his head? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Bare face assumptions. Worst case scenario is that he may not win because of people like Akiolu.
Please the threat is real. Any Igbo that votes APC anywhere will be seen as a traitor and will be excommunicated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsGqaRXuFt8
Akiolu’s talking down on the Igbos will do more harm to Mr Ambode. The Igbos were spoken to as strangers and were ordered to do as commanded or be killed. This is happening in their own country. Akiolu’s threat must not be taken lightly and should be immediately reported to ICC. This is just in-case!!
Yes o!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GSSOMC0rV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GSSOMC0rV0
“If not for the appeal from Asiwaju and my highly respected maternal father, the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, all that is happening today would not have happened.”
There are many monarchs in Lagos but, going by the text of the address to those non-indigenous visitors to his palace, he cannot be a true maternal son (as he claims) of the respected Awujale who boldly told an incumbent president that his palace is not a ground for vote-hunt. There are obas and there are obas.
This can only come from blood thirsty APC and its supporters. They have been responsible for every violence during election, so this threat is a dress rehearsal for what will happen in lagos and other locations that the party is very desperate to win. APC and his violent supporters across the country should prepare for shock, as Nigerians are prepared to match force with force anywhere if APC try their nonsense. For the Igbos in Lagos the battle line and war has been declare on you by the Oba, get ready to fight or you perish as the Oba has declared. Remember the 2011 comments by Buhari, “we’ll make the nation ungovernable” and this came to fulfillment literally. I do hope that the security agents have taken note of this useless out burst?
As much as I did not support a careless outburst, the monarchy statement is less of a state man.
I just want to correct a wrong insinuation in your write up sir! Please leave Buhari out of this unprecedented development. You have wrongly attributed a statement to Buhari. I will suggest that your get the fact right, the statement you sighted above was made by a PDP stalwart from the Northern Nigeria but not Buhari.
You have every right to criticise or condemn any wrong doing but not to make a false accusation.
This stupid man that calls himself Oba doesn`t have respect for the
Igbos, neither for the Yorubas, nor the throne, This is a clear proof
of the type of members in APC. After listening to this I think that he
should be arrested for directly threatening one’s life in order to get
his vote. THIS IS BEYOND POLITICS! THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!
The world will now know who own Lagos.
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