The President-General of Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, says Lagos is Lagos because people, like the Igbo, and from other tribes came and invested a lot.
Iwuanyanwu was reacting to anti-Igbo sentiments been whipped up by politicians after the fallout of the February 2023 Presidential Election, with Igbos singled out for vendetta.
Recall that Peter Obi of the Labour Party, had defeated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, who is from Lagos, and who had claimed that he built Lagos.
But addressing journalists on Friday in Lagos, Iwuanyanwu said, “We have not come to preach a sermon that God gave us the land in Lagos. We paid for it. People from Igboland have not only developed lands, they have built houses.
“If you go to Lekki, Victoria Island, Lekki, everywhere, these things were built by humans. Lagos is Lagos because people, like the Igbo, came and invested. They include northerners and those from other tribes.
“Igbo came, invested and developed the place without forgetting the fact that they are visitors. Every Igbo man is told from home to obey the law of his host community and Igbo have done that all through history.”
According to him, Lagos is what it is due to the investment of tribes like the Igbo and the Northerners, adding that Igbos have contributed to the economy of Lagos State.
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