Igbo Must Go Hashtag: Obasanjo Breaks Silence, “We Own This Country Together” …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over the social media campaign promoting the a tribal war against in Lagos state and the southwest regionsObasanjo condemned the development, asserting that such sentiments undermine Nigeria’s unityThe elder statesman also dismissed the controversial claims about his Igbo paternity, noting that “it is laughable”
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the call on the Igbos to vacate Lagos and the southwest region.
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo reacts to the viral campaign calling for the exit of Igbo in Lagos.
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Reacting to the development, the former president said he doesn’t believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country, declaring that, “we own this country together.”
He added:
“Having ensured that the Yorubas, Igbos and Hausas all came together to fight the war of unity in Nigeria, and “not to fight Igbos to go, but to come. So if anybody says to me, that somebody should leave any place, he will be the one to leave.”
Obasanjo made this assertion when he received in audience the leadership of Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market Association, an umbrella body of major markets in Lagos State held at the boardroom of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State, Vanguard reported.
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