Chai..everybody is attacking the Oba of Lagos over comment,,..MUST SEE ABEG.

Chai..if he had known he would nt have said anything...hehehe...Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere has called on the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu to drop his crown and pursue politics following his recent anti-igbo remarks. Spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin spoke to Vanguard about the position of the group;

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"We say with all sense of responsibility that if these were truly the words of Kabiyesi, he has clearly crossed the line of royal decency, desecrated the royal stool and violated the electoral laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and engaged in promotion of hate speech capable of fueling ethnic tension and clashes which are against the spirit of peaceful co-existence which we have achieved in recent years.
We respect the right of Oba Akiolu to drop the crown at Iga and become Director of Mobilisation for the leader of his party if he so desires, but we detest his hiding behind the throne to fan the embers of disunity which could put Yoruba people in harm’s way wherever they are living as settlers. Yoruba people are too civilized to support the primitive intimidation of fellow Nigerians just as we will not accept such action being visited on our people in any part of Nigeria.” he said

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Hehehe...The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the offensive threat allegedly issued by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, to Igbos living in Lagos, by stressing that the monarch is not an APC member and cannot speak on behalf of the party. This was disclosed by the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu, who was speaking at a rally in Iganmu, Lagos on Tuesday, while reacting to the controversial comments of the monarch, explained that he was the first Yoruba governor to ever appoint an Igbo commissioner, alleging that the Peoples Democratic Party, having lost the presidential elections were desperately trying to pull the APC into the Akiolu controversy.
He said the Coordinator of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, Ifeanyi Ubah, and the PDP leader, Bode George, were only making baseless accusations against the ruling party in Lagos.
According to the former Lagos governor, “The Oba is not a politician. His job is to accommodate all political parties, whether PDP, APC or SDP. So, what did he (Ubah) go and do at the palace?
“To you Igbos, don’t we pay your children’s school fees like others? Or is it the palace that pays for it? When we conducted an exam and a spelling competition, an Igbo boy, Ebuka, from Anambra, came first and he became the governor for one day.


 
“Those that won the competition three times in a row were Igbo. Ebuka was sent to Switzerland computer school and then Obafemi Awolowo University. We did not say he was an Igbo boy and he would not enjoy. He became an executive in Oando and he is now in Canada.
“Another boy, Felix, won and went to Switzerland and OAU. We paid his scholarship; we did not deny him because he is Igbo,” Tinubu said.
Also speaking on the purported Akiolu threat, the Lagos State APC Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, said the monarch spoke out of anger and urged the Igbos against taking out their anger on the APC governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, who knew nothing about the incident.
Igbokwe, who disclosed this in a statement, said, “Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos is not a card-carrying member of APC. He is not a leader in the APC. He does not speak for the APC. He did not speak for Governor Babatunde 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 50 years now.
“If out of annoyance, you throw your cap away, a mad man will take it and use it forever,” the statement added.

Son of late former governor of old Anambra state Chief C.C Onoh and former member of the Enugu state House of state, Dr Josef Onoh has vowed to drag the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu before the International Criminal Court of Justice over the anti-Igbo comments he made during his meeting with some Igbo leaders resident in Lagos last Sunday.

Speaking with Vanguard, Dr Josef Onoh said

"Let it be known that whether Oba Akiolu’s threat comes to fruition or not, I have concluded to take him to the ICC where he will keep company with the like Charles Taylor and answer to human right charges that will be preferred against him” he said

Hehehe...Nigerians have no respect, trolling the Oba of Lagos...lol. A lot of people had an opinion about the Oba's comments yesterday and some of them were hilarious. Check out the tweets & memes used to show defiance, mockery to the threats made by the traditional head

 

Don jazzy was lambasted for not speaking..see..hehe..

Come to think of it, not that many Nigerian celebrities publicly condemned Oba of Lagos anti-Igbo comments. When a fan called Don Jazzy out for not condemning it because of his supposed alliance with Governor Fashola, the maverick music producer took to instagram to rationally reply and clarify himself. See what he wrote abeg

Mrs Oby Ezekwesili has taken to her twitter page after Pat Utomi said he believes Oba Akinolu’s threats were nothing but a joke. She says she finds that hard to believe and if at all it was a joke, that will be a joke taken too far. Ezekwesili just like Femi Falana also thinks the Oba should apologise and let the matter rest instead of escalating, insisting insurgency started in a similar manner. Her tweets abeg

Please start reading from the last tweet upwards.