President-elect,
Muhammadu
Buhari has urged Igbos in Lagos State to forgive the Oba of
Lagos, Rilwan
Akiolu for recent comments made against them.
Buhari
made the plea on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, during an All Progressives Congress (APC)
governorship rally in the state.
The
President-elect also described Lagos as a home for all saying that the time had
come for Nigerians to look past ethnicity in the general interest of peace and
unity.
Buhari
paid a visit to the state on Tuesday to boost the campaign efforts of the APC
candidate, Akinwunmi
Ambode.
“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,” the President-elect said.
“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,” Buhari added.
The
President-elect also said that Lagos was too important to the country to become
an opposition state.
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