LAGOS APC BEG IGBOS

Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), today urged Ndigbo in Lagos to ignore and forget the statement credited to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu when he played host to some Igbo Chiefs in Lagos over the weekend.

The Lagos APC in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, apologised to Ndigbo and also asked them to bury the hatchet in the interest of peace and harmony, considering the long standing relationship that has existed between Igbo and Yoruba since the inception of Nigeria.

According to Igbokwe, "No human being is above mistakes. People can make mistakes and correct it thereafter. The Oba of Lagos can make a mistake and we believe that the statement credited to him was a mistake. If to err is human, we plead with Ndigbo to let the sleeping dog lie.

"After the March 28, 2015 Presidential elections, Ndigbo in Lagos have been trooping into the Lagos APC fold in droves. They have pledged to throw their full weight behind the APC guber candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The support was total and unprecedented. You can therefore imagine how we feel as a party when this incident came just few days to the governorship elections.

“Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos is not a card carrying member of APC. He is not a leader in APC. He does not speak for APC. He did not speak for governor Fashola of Lagos State. He did not speak for our National leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

"He did not speak for the incoming governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode. His Royal Highness is at liberty to speak for himself and he spoke for himself only. Lagos APC appeals to Ndigbo not to take the statement as the position of the party in Lagos. We passionately appeal to Ndigbo not to carry the statement credited to Oba Akiolu too far so as not to put a knife on things that have held us together for more than 50years now."

Photo credit: Newshub