has urged the Ndigbo and other non-indigenes in Lagos
State to forgive all that has been said against them and
move on for the sake of peace.
Buhari said this during a rally in Lagos to address the
comments made by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu.
Akiolu has been under fire since Monday when he
reportedly threatened the Ndigbo in Lagos to either vote for
the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Mr.
Akinwunmi Ambode, or
perish in the lagoon.
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday asked Lagos State
Governor Babatunde Fashola to suspend Akiolu forthwith.
However, the President-elect described Lagos as home for
all, adding that the time had come for Nigerians to look past
ethnicity in the general interest of peace and unity. PUNCH
reports that he said:
''I admire what your governor has done in terms of
mobilising revenue to sustain Lagos development. I have
a lot of respect for Governor Fashola for his hard work,
commitment to the state and the country. There is no
doubt that Lagos is a mini-Nigeria. We are all here and it
has been mentioned by previous speakers that
everybody (tribe) is adequately represented in Lagos.
So, I assure you. If you vote for the continuity of APC in
Lagos, you stand to gain more. It is in your interest that
you vote for the APC.
Please when you go home tell your neighbours, relatives
and even the opposition to please bury the hatchet. Let
them fall in line and vote the APC.
When we were coming in our bus, Fashola told me how
Lagos State had been spending to maintain the federal
infrastructure here such as buildings, roads and other
institutions. I had promised before that if I won the
election and became the President, I would make Lagos
my priority. Governor Fashola is already holding to me to
that promise so I would like the incoming governor to
listen carefully and make sure he makes me honour my
undertaking."
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