A livid Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, said he was not ready to beg them, but if they repeat what they did on March 28 when they voted for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, then they should be ready for the consequences
Igbo living in Lagos were told on Sunday to vote for the governorship candidate of All Progressives Progress, Akinwumi Ambode, or else they will die in the lagoon.
A livid Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, said he was not ready to beg them, but if they repeat what they did on March 28 when they voted for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan, then they should be ready for the consequences.
The governorship election holds on April 11 and it is believed the Igbo will vote for the PDP candidate, Jimi Agbaje.
Speaking at a meeting with Igbo leaders in the state, the first class monarch said: “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.
“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.
“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 can never be governor in Lagos for now.
“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 said anybody against Ambode does not wish the state well.
He added: “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 is going on a mission and God will give him the wisdom and knowledge to fulfil 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 consultation with other people.
“And this hasn’t changed and it will not change at this time.”
To Oba Akiolu, the present crisis Nigeria is facing was not caused by the Jonathan administration but by another person he refused to name.
He said: “If not for the appeal from Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) and my highly respected maternal father, the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, all what is happening today is not the cause of the present government.
“The man who caused everything knows himself.”
In his response, the Eze-Ndigbo of Amuwo-Oriade, Dr. Gordian Dimojiaku, said Igbo in Lagos would support Ambode.
Dimojiaku said: “The mistake of last Saturday was caused by everybody, not only the Igbo.
“It is not only the Igbo 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.
“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 hovernments 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.”
Culled from: Freedom Online.
