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Igbo Must Go Rant Is “Arrant Nonsense” — Bode George

Chief Bode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described as “arrant nonsense”, recent calls by some faceless groups asking Igbo people to leave Lagos.

“That type of campaign is ‘arrant nonsense’; it is ‘sheer stupidity,” George told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

The retired army officer, who is a Lagos indigene, spoke on the sideline of an interactive session with the media on the State of the Nation, held at his office in Ikoyi.

“It is nonsense. I say it is arrant nonsense. Why should we be saying that the Igbo people should leave?

“We have grown with them here. I had known them. We played local football, local football together.

“I think those who are proposing or talking about it are not Lagos indigenes themselves.

“In Lagos, we welcome traders. Bring your wares, we look at it, we buy it, you make your money, we give you land to build. That is the culture of Lagos.

“Those who are proposing this nonsense have no bearing, no family connection to Lagos.

“I am saying it as a Lagosian. It is arrant stupidity. Why would you tell them to leave? They pay their taxes,” he fumed.

Mr George, who went down memory lane, recalled that Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, who is of Igbo extraction, became the political son of his great grand uncle, Sir Herbert Macaulay.

He said that Azikwe, the first President of Nigeria, had joined Macaulay in the nationalism struggles before late Obafemi Awolowo and his group arrived from UK.

“Why are you fighting them? Does it make sense? Lagos State was created since 1967. Since that time to now, the Igbo have had their contributions.

“So, to me, such campaign is idiotic. Very idiotic. They should stop,” George cautioned.

He opined that those spreading such hate were not Lagos indigenes but people who came from neighbouring states and were accommodated in the state.

“They should just shut up. If they have a right to come here, why are they blocking others?

“The Igbo have their own contribution to make.

“They are buying houses and building houses. They are contributing to the development of economic activities in Lagos. They are most welcome,” he added.

NAN reports that recent campaigns on social media, especially in the build up to the #EndBadGovernment nationwide protest, focused on asking Igbo to leave Lagos

The persistent noise attracted the attention of President Bola Tinubu who quickly reacted by asking the crusaders to perish such thought.

Mr Tinubu’s response, which formed part of his Sunday morning national broadcast on the nationwide protest, declared that Nigeria had no place for such ethnic sentiments.

SourceNAN

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