OBA of Lagos His Royal Highness Rilwan Akiolu appears to have carried out his threat to force Igbos in Lagos State to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) after it emerged that his agents made several traders close their shops and attend the party's rally.

Over the weekend, while speaking to an audience of Igbos in Lagos, the Oba threatened that if they refused to support the APC's governorship candidate Akinwunmi Ambode, they would be asked to jump onto the Lagos Lagoon. His comments have attracted widespread condemnation from politicians of all partiers and from spokesmen of all of Nigeria's ethnic groups.

Although the APC has sought to distance itself from Oba Akiolu's comments, it emerged earlier today that several Igbo traders were forced to attend Mr Ambode's rally. Earlier this morning, hundreds of shop owners, especially those of Igbo extraction were forced to shut-down their shops at the Idumota Market, in Lagos Island to attend the event.

It was learned that the traders who arrived their various business arena as early as 8am, were directed by Oba Akiolu's agents to hurriedly close their shops and attend the rally. They were asked to join the waiting vehicles parked in front of Mr Ambode's house, from where they would be transported to Orile, the venue of Mr Ambode's campaign attended by the president-elect General Muhammadu Buhari.

Some traders who deal in pharmaceutical products in the market, said when they arrived at the market, messengers informed them that Oba Akiolu ordered everyone to close shop and join the buses numbering over 100 going to the rally. Several of them said they lost millions of naira as a result of the directive.

Ifeoma, a pharmaceutical products dealer, said: “We were shocked at what happened today in Idumota Market. When we got to the market, we were caught unawares by a purported order from the Oba of Lagos, directing all traders to close shop and join a bus heading for Ambode's campaign.

“We were shocked by this directive, because we were never informed on Monday about this directive. More worrisome is the fact that I lost millions of naira because of this self-serving coercion by the Oba.”

Jude, another pharmaceutical products dealer, added: “I feel this recent forceful directive by the Oba is in fulfilment of his threat to deal with Ndigbo if they failed to vote for his preferred candidate.

However, as far as I am concerned, no amount of threat or coercion will deter me from making my choice at the forthcoming governorship election in Lagos State.”

It is not yet what happened to those who refused to join the busses and attend the rally. Already, the APC has said that the oba does not speak for the party, adding that his views were no more than his personal opinion.

SOURCE:
http://www.nigeriatell.com/news/obas-agents-push-igbo-traders-in-lagos-to-close-their-shop-and-attend-ambodes-rally#.VSU6-F2t-o8

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my brother why you like to start wahala like this?

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What shall it profit the op opening this kind of thread for 3 mins and eventually shut down by Seun Osewa!






Please preach peace and not violence!



Lagos is fair to Igbo and all other tribes! And Lagos can never be igboland! Pls let's be guided



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Stupid lies!

This is how Igbos overflog whatever sympathy they get. This report is a lie and a very irresponsible one at that. I expect Lagosians to now start to see that the PDP is trying to whip up a seige mentality to deceive them. Pure scam.

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What shall it profit the op opening this kind of thread for 3 mins and eventually shut down by Seun Osewa!






Please preach peace and not violence!



Lagos is fair to Igbo and all other tribes! And Lagos can never be igboland! Pls let's be guided



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Am a Yoruba man Married to young energetic romantic Anambra Babe from Nnewi South Local Gvt






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why are you so myopic? a young man talking about indigeneship. shouldnt you ne ashamed. when the lagos govt wajts tax do they tax only indigenes or both? what does the constitution even say about indigeneship? u shud b very ashamed talking thrash

The Ndi igbos forming sturbornness are those with insignificant investment in Lagos,tycoons like cosmos maduka n the entertainers know better.Imagine basket mouth being based in the East,Timaya in ph,Tu baba in Benue,bad biz'ness. Saw the faces of ibo traders @ idumota today,aah I was laughing and pitying them at the same time.A word is enough for the wise.

Seun should the needful and ban dis op for peddling lies and hatred. Enough of this tribal rubbish. Ibo's are not the only non-indigene in Lagos.

Ibos will soon com n start barkin on dis thread now,dat is wot dey are gud in.makin mouth on d internet..

An oba that has told us to call him a bastard in 10 days time.

Igbos please unite and rub these peoples faces on the ground.

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why are you so myopic? a young man talking about indigeneship. shouldnt you ne ashamed. when the lagos govt wajts tax do they tax only indigenes or both? what does the constitution even say about indigeneship? u shud b very ashamed talking thrash

Did i in anyway insult you? Or were you not thought the flow, and channels communications in schl? Even with your unstable English you are still busy Vomiting Violence !


Please accord ppl around you some respect and kindly lodge your grudges against Lagos state gvtmt in the nearest police station!





But if you are ready to argue maturely am available!






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[quote author=Omololu007 post=32488509]Ibos will soon com n start barkin on dis thread now,dat is wot dey are gud in.makin mouth on d internet..[/qpuote]

Lol. Now we both know that's a lie. Igbos are not about mouth, it's all action. I am Igbo, and even though I will vote Ambode, I'm sick and tired of myopic bigotry from people like you.

It is our land and our Oba can do and undo, as he wills.

You can dare him in court, if you are pained.

You are free to carry your shop to your region if you are not satisfied