Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday
Thursday Sept. 26th apologized to the Igbos over the deportation of destitute from the state to Anambra State a few months back.
Governor Fashola tendered his apology at a ceremony to mark the Silver
Jubilee anniversary of Aka Ikenga, an Igbo social-cultural group in
Lagos. He said:
“The truth is that I do not have a problem with the Igbos, they
know that because the largest herd of cattle I received during my
father’s burial came from the Ndigbo. Those people who came under their many colours are not people I have a problem with, they are my kindred and my people. Also,
there were people who did not clearly understand me and they have
misunderstood words said or misrepresented actions taken in the way that
it has pleased them to do so. To those people, I owe an explanation,
not a defence of what has happened and that is partly why I am here.
“We
have built a relationship based on tolerance, mutual respect, trust and
love. That relationship was started by our ancestors, it was handed
over to us and we have nourished it with a lot of trust, with a lot of
understanding and with a lot of fidelity.