SHOCKER: AFTER OBA AKIOLU'S OUTBURST TO NDIGBOS IN LAGOS!
Igbo Natives Fight Back...Draws Battle Line against Oba of Lagos
Says: 'This death threat against Ndi-Igbo must not be taken lightly'
Sends: SOS letter to Jonathan, Buhari for Urgent Intervention
Warns: 'A note of warning to Oba Rilwan Akiolu, his evil agenda conspirators to desist'
Lament: 'We condemn his incitement of mass genocide against Ndi Igbo in Lagos'
Riot Act: 'Oba Akiolu should retract his threat, apologize to Ndi Igbo to avert our anger'
Quote: “We cannot fold our arms and allow one ambitious traditional Ruler enjoying the dividends
of god fatherism in the comfort of his domain,whose throne is still in contention at the Court till today
to relegate and rubbish the Economic contribution of hard working Ndi Igbo to the development of Lagos State.
Lagos is what it is today due to the doggedness and resilience of Ndi Igbo who has invested massively
on infrastructural development of Lagos State”-National Executives, Igbo Ekulie
BY OKECHUKWU OGBONNA/SPECIAL REPORTER, LAGOS
FOR every action, there is an equal reaction. The inciting and threat statement allegedly made openly by Oba Rilwan Akiolu,
Oba of Lagos against the Ndi Igbo of Lagos at his palace has continually being generating a heated debate across the length and
breadth of Nigeria, even outside the shores of the country. National executives of Igbo Ekulie, a group of Igbo intellectuals,
technocrats in both formal and informal sectors of the Nigeria economy ready to defend the rights of Ndi Igbo made this
shocking revelation.
Igbo Natives Fight Back...Draws Battle Line against Oba of Lagos
In an open letter directed to outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and in-coming President elect, General Muhammadu
Buhari, national executives of Igbo Ekulie led by Chief Okechukwu OC Sam Okeke and Engineer Joey. N Chuku both
General Secretary/President, in a joint communique, their statement read: “We wish to observe the present unhealthy
utterances and threat to life by Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu against Ndi Igbo especially on their voting pattern in the
coming Governorship Election coming up this Saturday 11th April 2015.
“Oba Akiolu was quoted in most of the National media today, Monday 6th April 2015 as directing Ndi Igbo in
Lagos State to vote massively for his anointed and handpicked candidate, Mr. Ambode Akinwunmi of
All Peoples Congress (APC) vowing to deal ruthlessly with Ndi Igbo residents in Lagos state if such directive
is not strictly adhered to this coming Governorship Election. According to him, if the Igbos did not vote for his
candidate, all of them will perish inside the Lagoon.
“Speaking at a meeting with Igbo Leaders in the state, the First class Monarch who fails to recognize the
metropolitan nature of Lagos purportedly said “On Saturday, if any one of you goes against Ambode whom
I picked, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know that I am a bastard and is not my
father who gave birth to me. If any one 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 the water. 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.”
Igbo Ekulie Position against Oba of Lagos
Their statement reads: “This death threat must not be taken lightly. It must be seen for what it is:
A dangerous threat and plot calculated to pain Ndi Igbo black to scheme them out of Political relevance.
Such threat by an influential first class Yoruba traditional Ruler cannot be accepted by Ndi Igbo.
We are sounding a note of warning to Oba Rilwan Akiolu and his conspirators behind this evil agenda to
desist from it because if their plan succeeds, the Igbo nation will rise up and fight for their right and
self determination in this country which make the Political and Economic future of Nigeria very uncertain
and precarious. We have the right to self determination and we will invoke it again this time
and successfully too.
“We cannot fold our arms and allow one ambitious traditional Rulerb enjoying the dividends of god fatherism in the comfort of his domain and whose throne is still in contention at the Court till today to
relegate and rubbish the Economic contribution of hard working Ndi Igbo to the development of Lagos State. Lagos is what it is today due to the doggedness and resilience of Ndi Igbo who has invested
massively to the infrastructural development of Lagos State.
“We totally condemn Oba Akiolu for his incitement of a mass genocide against Ndi Igbo. For a first class traditional
ruler in Nigeria he should not say he does not know the implication of his statement.Traditional rulers are the
custodians of our culture. They are respected due to their immense contribution to peace and unity of Nigeria.
They are not to be seen as being Partisan as Oba Akiolu is now behaving.
“We have handed over Oba Akiolu the fate and lives of Ndi Igbo residing in his domain. If anything happens to
them before, during and after this coming election, he will be held responsible because of his call for anarchy,
chaos and bloodletting should his anointed candidate fail the Governorship elections comes April 11th 2015.
He should be reminded that only God gives and takes life and not mortals like us. In spite of this, Ndi Igbo
will not accept any death threat, mishap on any of its citizen by anybody no matter how highly placed before,
during and after the coming Governorship election anywhere in the country.
“We call on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and President-Elect, Major General Muhammadu Buhari
to call Oba Akiolu to order before he will destroy the calm and peace presently being enjoyed throughout
the country after the smooth conduct of Presidential election. He should be cautioned to stop heating the
polity with his political utterance. Our calm and love for peace should not be construed as an act of
cowardice as every ethnic group in Nigeria knows the Igbo man fighting spirit any time.
“Oba Akiolu should be made to retract his statement, apologize to Ndi Igbo for this threat if he does not
want to invoke the wrath of Ndi Igbo in Lagos. He should be made to sign an undertaken that if
anything happens to Ndi Igbo during the coming Governorship election, he must be held responsible.”
IGBO EKULIE PRESS STATEMENT!
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBEL JONATHAN (GCFR) AND
PRESIDENT –ELECT, MAJOR GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI (GCFR)
CALL OBA OF LAGOS, ALH. RILWAN AKIOLU TO ORDER
Igbo Ekulie is a grouping of Igbo intellectuals and technocrats in
both formal and informal sectors of the Nigeria economy which was set
up to defend and protect Igbo interests in a united Nigeria. We have
followed with considerable interest the recent outburst and threat to
life of Ndi Igbo in Lagos according to their voting pattern in the
recent concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in
Nigeria and wish to make the following Statement.
OBSERVATION
We wish to observe the present unhealthy utterances and threat to life
by Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu against Ndi Igbo especially on their
voting pattern in the coming Governorship Election coming up this
Saturday 11th April 2015.
Oba Akilu was quoted in most of the National media today, Monday 6th
April 2015 as directing Ndi Igbo in Lagos State to vote massively for
his anointed and handpicked candidate, Mr. Ambode Akinwunmi of All
Peoples Congress (APC) vowing to deal ruthlessly with Ndi Igbo
residents in Lagos state if such directive is not strictly adhered to
this coming Governorship Election. According to him, if the Igbos did
not vote for his candidate, all of them will perish inside the Lagoon.
Speaking at a meeting with Igbo Leaders in the state, the First class
Monarch who fails to recognize the metropolitan nature of Lagos
purportedly said “On Saturday, if any one 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 is not my father who gave
birth to me.” On Saturday, he continued, “If any one 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 the water.
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”
Oba Rilwan Akiolu was quoted in an unconcealed threat that he was not
ready to beg the Igbos in Lagos to vote for Mr. Ambode vowing that if
they repeated what they did on March 28th when they voted for
Presidential Candidate of PDP, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and
then the Igbos should be ready for the consequences.
THE ISSUES
We see this directive and threat as a dangerous drawback to the
Political development of this country days after a n Internationally
acclaimed free and fair election was conducted in Nigeria where the
Opposition successfully won the Presidential election conducted by
INEC.
The use of this dangerous ethnic and traditional tool to threaten ,
coarse, and force Ndi Igbo living in Lagos to vote for the Obas
anointed candidate no, and by implication foisting a Governor on them
simply because they are Non-indigenes is condemnable, desecreable and
unacceptable to Ndi Igbo. These further points to a devious plot by
some Powerful forces within Lagos State to portray Ndi Igbo as enemies
of the project called Nigeria. They tend to put the Igbo Nation at
cross road and war with the incoming administration of Major General
Muhammadu Buhari even when he has not been sworn into office.
On Population front, Oba Akiolu should be reminded that Ndi Igbo
constitutes more than 40% of the state population and therefore must
be treated with utmost respect by canvassing for their vote peacefully
because of the electoral value they have instead of empty threats. In
a democratic setting like ours, people freely choose whom to vote for
irrespective of ethnic or Political affiliation. Ndi Igbo should be
left to enjoy that right where ever they registered to vote in
Nigeria.
OUR STAND AND POSITION
This death threat must not be taken lightly. It must be seen for what
it is: A dangerous threat and plot calculated to pain Ndi Igbo black
to scheme them out of Political relevance. Such threat by an
influential first class Yoruba traditional Ruler cannot be accepted by
Ndi Igbo.
We are sounding a note of warning to Oba Rilwan Akiolu and his
conspirators behind this evil agenda to desist from it because if
their plan succeeds, the Igbo nation will rise up and fight for their
right and self determination in this country which make the Political
and Economic future of Nigeria very uncertain and precarious. We have
the right to self determination and we will invoke it again this time
and successfully too.
We cannot fold our arms and allow one ambitious traditional Ruler
enjoying the dividends of god fatherism in the comfort of his domain
and whose throne is still in contention at the Court till today to
relegate and rubbish the Economic contribution of hard working Ndi
Igbo to the development of Lagos State. Lagos is what it is today due
to the doggedness and resilience of Ndi Igbo who has invested
massively to the infrastructural development of Lagos State.
We totally condemn Oba Akiolu for his incitement of a mass genocide
against Ndi Igbo. For a first class traditional ruler in Nigeria he
should not say he does not know the implication of his statement.
Traditional rulers are the custodians of our culture. They are
respected due to their immense contribution to peace and unity of
Nigeria. They are not to be seen as being Partisan as Oba Akiolu is
now behaving.
We have handed over Oba Akiolu the fate and lives of Ndi Igbo residing
in his domain. If anything happens to them before, during and after
this coming election, he will be held responsible because of his call
for anarchy, chaos and bloodletting should his anointed candidate fail
the Governorship elections comes April 11th 2015. He should be
reminded that only God gives and takes life and not mortals like us.
In spite of this, Ndi Igbo will not accept any death threat, mishap on
any of its citizen by anybody no matter how highly placed before,
during and after the coming Governorship election anywhere in the
country.
We call on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and President-Elect,
Major General Muhammadu Buhari to call Oba Akiolu to order before he
will destroy the calm and peace presently being enjoyed throughout
the country after the smooth conduct of Presidential election. He
should be cautioned to stop heating the polity with his political
utterance. Our calm and love for peace should not be construed as an
act of cowardice as every ethnic group in Nigeria knows the Igbo man
fighting spirit any time.
Oba Akiolu should be made to retract his statement, apologize to Ndi
Igbo for this threat if he does not want to invoke the wrath of Ndi
Igbo in Lagos. He should be made to sign an undertaken that if
anything happens to Ndi Igbo during the coming Governorship election,
he must be held responsible.
Nigeria is a democratic nation with Free association and movement.
Elections are not a do or die affair. Let nobody destroy the Peace we
are enjoying in Nigeria now. The massive deportation of Igbos from
Lagos by Governor Fashola should be seen as a mistake, we cannot take
it again.
Thanks
Chief Okechukwu OC Sam Okeke & Engr. Joey. N Chuku
(General Secretary)/President
SHOCKER: AFTER OBA AKIOLU’S OUTBURST TO NDIGBOS IN LAGOS!Igbo Natives Fight Back…Draws Battle Line against Oba of LagosSays: ‘This death threat against Ndi-Igbo must not be taken lightly’Sends: SOS letter to Jonathan, Buhari for Urgent InterventionWarns: ‘A note of warning to Oba Rilwan Akiolu, his evil agenda conspirators to desist’Lament: ‘We condemn his incitement of mass genocide against Ndi Igbo in Lagos’Riot Act: ‘Oba Akiolu should retract his threat, apologize to Ndi Igbo to avert our anger’Quote: “We cannot fold our arms and allow one ambitious traditional Ruler enjoying the dividends of god fatherism in the comfort of his domain,whose throne is still in contention at the Court till todayto relegate and rubbish the Economic contribution of hard working Ndi Igbo to the development of Lagos State.Lagos is what it is today due to the doggedness and resilience of Ndi Igbo who has invested massively on infrastructural development of Lagos State”-National Executives, Igbo Ekulie
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