superstar1:


We are not from the land of chest beaters. We count our losses before embarking on a course. we do not diplay stup1dity in the name of bravery, by facing SMGs and T72s with machete and cassava sticks.

We say it and we do it. See you on saturday.

superstar1:


We are not from the land of chest beaters. We count our losses before embarking on a course. we do not diplay stup1dity in the name of bravery, by facing SMGs and T72s with machete and cassava sticks.

We say it and we do it. See you on saturday.

Responding, Mr. Ojiako promised Mr. Akiolu that the Igbos would support the APC in the gubernatorial election in the state.
“The mistake of last Saturday was caused by everybody, not only the Igbos. It is not only the Igbos that were responsible for the votes. But we have learnt our lesson. Saturday’s election is going to be a different thing and Ambode is going to win,” Mr. Ojiako, who spoke on behalf of the Igbo Chiefs, reportedly said.
“Everybody knows that when you fail the first time, you cannot afford to fail again. We are going to tell our people that Ezes from the 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas are here and that we have sworn with the Oba that we are going to make sure that Ambode wins next Saturday’s election.”

johnnynwa:
It is unfortunate that the Oba who supposed to be apolitical is making this unjustified political statement. In fact, I will stop here hoping that God in his infinite judgement will have the final say in this...

raumdeuter:
Yes.

The Oba owes no one any explanation. He said it and he meant every word of what he said. The message is clear

I just advise those who he addressed to make the necesary adjustment cos when it starts now, Na you go bear the brunt

Oba Akiolu, For saying this, I have found a new level of respect for you.

Any Shidioma, Shidioke or Shiwere who wants electoral post should face Aba, Umuahia or Enugu

huptin:
I dont see any reason for this outburst...... in the last presidential election all the ibos and south south people voted for their son in Lagos their total combined votes plus all the OPC boys was less than 35% of the total votes cast, so how can they vote Agbaje into power?
Leave the Ibos alone......we all know them, they can only beat their chests they are not capable of over turning the apple cart.... not in a million years.

Nobody travels a million miles to install a king in another man's land. That wont happen in a million years.

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, is reluctant to clear the air on the anti-Igbo statements attributed to him on Sunday, PREMIUM TIMES can report.
During a courtesy visit by Eze Ndigbos (Igbo traditional rulers) in all the local governments in Lagos at the Oba’s palace, Mr. Akiolu reportedly said that the Igbos resident in Lagos should cast their votes for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akinwunmi Ambode, or perish inside the lagoon.
PREMIUM TIMES’ reporters were not at the event where Mr. Akiolu spoke. But repeated efforts by this newspaper to reach the Lagos monarch on Monday for his reaction were unsuccessful.
When this newspaper called the Oba on his mobile telephone on Monday morning, his aide, who answered the call, said Mr. Akiolu was in a meeting and could not immediately respond to the matter.
Our reporter stressed the urgency of our enquiry and requested the aide to help pass our message to the monarch without delay.
He promised to do that after explaining that he (aide) was not competent to confirm or deny what the Oba said at the event.
But over two hours after our call, the Oba’s palace is yet to revert to us. Subsequent phone calls to the monarch’s telephone lines were unanswered.
However, four people, including a journalist, who were at the meeting at the Iga Idunganran palace on Lagos Island confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Akiolu indeed made the statements attributed to him.
One of those who was at the meeting said that after Mr. Akiolu ended his diatribe to the Igbo leaders, he walked out on them.
“When he came down the stairs to meet with us, he was already vibrating with anger,” said a source who preferred not to be named.
Gordian Ojiako, Eze Ndi-Igbo in Amuwo-Oriade, confirmed the incident adding that Mr. Akiolu said worse things to them before storming out of the room.
“It will be wrong to challenge him inside his palace,” Mr. Ojiako told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, adding that he was not yet ready to speak to journalists on the matter.
“We will go back and convene a meeting of Igbo stakeholders and respond to him appropriately.”
Mr. Akiolu had reportedly dared the Igbo chiefs to go against his wish in the forthcoming governorship election and face his wrath.
“On Saturday, if anyone of you goes against Ambode who I picked, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know that I am a bastard and it is not my father who gave birth to me,” major national newspapers quoted the monarch as saying.
“Jonathan is my son and I speak to him everyday. 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, 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 inside this water.
Mr. Ambode of the APC and Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are the two major contenders in the governorship election holding on April 11 across the country.
Last year, Mr. Akiolu had endorsed the candidature of Mr. Ambode, urging Lagosians to cast their votes for him.
But there are indications that the Igbos resident in Lagos will, like they did in the presidential election, vote massively for the PDP.
In the presidential election, the APC defeated the PDP by 160,000 votes, with a huge chunk of the latter’s votes coming from Igbo dominated areas.
The PDP also won three House of Representatives’ ticket in Lagos – all of them in areas where the Igbos have a majority population.
Mr. Akiolu reportedly said he would not beg the Igbos in Lagos to cast their votes for the APC candidate.
“I’m not ready to beg you. Nobody knew how I picked Ambode. Jimi (Agbaje) is my blood relation and I told him that he cannot be governor in Lagos for now,” he said.
“The future belongs to God. I am not begging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba or anywhere, don’t 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.”
The monarch noted that Mr. Ambode would continue the progress and development of the state.
“I am for the progress, growth and development of Lagos. Ambode is highly cerebral, he’s a symbol and he is going to deliver the message which I, the Oba of Lagos, have said. And he will govern the state for another eight years,” he said.
“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 consultations with other people. And this hasn’t changed and it will not change at this time.”
Mr. Akiolu further said that Lagos is poised to regain all it had lost since Independence, adding that Mr. Ambode’s administration would be a government of progress.
“And because of Ambode, I went to Mecca, Saudi Arabia and I gave all the groups there $250, 000 to pray for Ambode. So how can I say something and some people will go against it?”
“For the Igbos and others in Lagos, they should go where the Oba of Lagos head 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.”
Responding, Mr. Ojiako promised Mr. Akiolu that the Igbos would support the APC in the gubernatorial election in the state.
“The mistake of last Saturday was caused by everybody, not only the Igbos. It is not only the Igbos that were responsible for the votes. But we have learnt our lesson. Saturday’s election is going to be a different thing and Ambode is going to win,” Mr. Ojiako, who spoke on behalf of the Igbo Chiefs, reportedly said.
“Everybody knows that when you fail the first time, you cannot afford to fail again. We are going to tell our people that Ezes from the 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas are here and that we have sworn with the Oba that we are going to make sure that Ambode wins next Saturday’s election.”

MaziKachi:


the british traveled a million miles and installed a king in Nigeria.

Ilekeh:
I support Yorubas for wanting to keep Lagos a Yorubaland, especially since Igbos aren't affording others such diverse opportunity in Igboland, but I am totally against the king's statement. He should have packaged it in a more diplomatic manner for Yorubas in Lagos to understand.

This may hurt Ambode's bid for governance. Let's admit it.
You push a goat to the wall, he'll bite........ the adage goes for both yorubas and igbos.


Yorubas, if you show love for your homeland, others will do the same.
Start migrating to other parts of Nigeria.

Inkman:
not mincing words atall
the oba bares it all
raw and stark
bottom line is
he spoke the truth

adconline:
What did you expect from police officer who bribed his way to become Oba? Igbos voted for a Yoruba son, OBJ in 1999 and 2003; then in turn voted for Tinubu of AD in 1999 and 2003. They voted for GEJ -PDP in 2007 and 2011; then voted Fashola-ACN in 2007 and 2011. All Yoruba sons.. In 2015, Jimi Agbaje is all of sudden an Igbo man because Igbos might vote him?? It's called choice my friend. If it's good to fire GEJ and his cronies at the national level why is it bad to fire Tinubu and his cronies in Lagos? Say no to hegemonic and feudal control of Lagos!!

SirShymexx:


Lol.

They're still running their mouths, rather than asking questions on why everyone can't stand them.

Even the Edos who have some leverage over parts of Lagos to an extent, aren't this forceful.

And I believe the Oba's mother is Igbo. So, for someone who's half-Igbo to say this - that just shows something is brewing.

adconline:
What did you expect from police officer who bribed his way to become Oba? Igbos voted for a Yoruba son, OBJ in 1999 and 2003; then in turn voted for Tinubu of AD in 1999 and 2003. They voted for GEJ -PDP in 2007 and 2011; then voted Fashola-ACN in 2007 and 2011. All Yoruba sons.. In 2015, Jimi Agbaje is all of sudden an Igbo man because Igbos might vote him?? It's called choice my friend. If it's good to fire GEJ and his cronies at the national level why is it bad to fire Tinubu and his cronies in Lagos? Say no to hegemonic and feudal control of Lagos!!

superstar1:


We are not from the land of chest beaters. We count our losses before embarking on a course. we do not diplay stup1dity in the name of bravery, by facing SMGs and T72s with machete and cassava sticks.

We say it and we do it. See you on saturday.

Ayus34:

please you can go home and allow the hunger to kill us....fool and deranged one like u only kill the economy of Lagos with ur useless and fake business. ...aside that it's not a crime if u use the business to develop ur land and forget about Lagos,or is ur land cursed not to develop?

oneeast:
General, I expect you to live above this. We are the fighter of bigotry so don't have to be part of it in any. Let us generals galvanize and heal our land and deal with these bigots.

otipoju:
The first law I learnt on the streets is that no matter how strong you are or how well you can fight, you do not look for trouble away from home, you can defend yourself and quickly find an escape route if need arises.

1. You do not know the nooks and crannys of a strange land.

2. If wahala start and you are outnumbered as surely you will be, how do you escape.

So since these guys have more to loose in potential income and possible destruction of goods if trouble starts, it is not wise to go against your hosts in any form..it is common sense.

And really the Oba has a point, can his people go across the Niger and start telling their hosts that it is no mans land...take it or leave it, it is really disrespectful and no good can come out of it.

Even other Yoruba tribes that are not indegenes of Lagos know their boundaries and limitations.

When Mbu came and started flexing muscles, it did not take long for him to adjust...

What you can't take dont try to give.