Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has read the riot act to Igbo lead¬ers
and monarchs in Lagos State, warning that he will make life unbearable
for them if they sabotage efforts being made to ensure that the
governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr.
Akinwunmi Am¬bode, emerges as the next governor of the state.The
monarch, who sum¬moned all the Eze-Ndigbo in the state to his palace,
said the support of their kensmen for the opposition party in the
state could frustrate current ef¬forts being made in all quarters to
ensure that Lagos was no longer in opposition with the Federal
Government.
He said: "On Saturday, if anyone of you goes against Ambode, who I
picked, that is your end. If it does not happen within seven days,
just know that I am a bastard and it is 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 undivid¬ed chair. The palace belongs to the dead and
those coming in the future. On Saturday, if anyone of you, I swear in
the name of God, goes against my wish that Ambode will be the next
governor of Lagos State, the person is going to die in¬side this
water."For the Igbo and others in Lagos, they should go where the Oba
of Lagos heads to. When they were coming to the state, they did not
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
ances¬tors 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 beg¬ging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba
or anywhere you cannot do it here."
WHAT RIGHT DOES THIS OBA HAS TO THREATEN IGBOS IN LAGOS?
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