FORMER Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji
Uzor Kalu, and Lagos State government,
Tuesday, disagreed over the reason for the
sealing of Kalu’s property in Park View Estate,
Ikoyi, Lagos. Meantime, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde
Fashola has ordered that the house be
reopened. While Kalu’s aide linked the sealing of the
house to the criticism of Fashola by Kalu over
the deportation of 72 residents of Lagos, who
are of South East origin, the Special Adviser to
Governor Babatunde Fashola on Media,
Hakeem Bello, said he believed the action has nothing to do with the alleged deportation of
Igbos from Lagos. According to him; “Fashola’s administration has
no time for trivial matters.” Emeka Obasi reacts Reacting to the sealing of the Park View house
of Kalu, his Special Adviser, Media, Emeka
Obasi, said it was done as a revenge for the
criticism of Kalu, who is the Coordinator of
Njiko Igbo, a group fighting the cause of the
South East.
Orji Kalu’s property in Park View Estate, Ikoyi,
Lagos Obasi said the property had been there for
several years and that sealing it after just two
weeks of his boss criticsing Fashola over the
deportation issue was an indication that there
was more to it. Obasi said Kalu was not the only Igbo to have
suffered such fate in Lagos State “after the
wicked and ungodly act of deporting legitimate
residents of Lagos State.” He added, “Why is it that it is now that the
property is being sealed, barely two weeks
after my boss disagreed with the action of
Fashola? We maintain our stand and this will
not distract us from fighting for the people. “The action of the Lagos State Government
remains unconstitutional because every citizen
of Nigeria has a right to live in any part of the
country. Fashola should remember that the
Igbo community constitutes about 35 per cent
of registered voters in Lagos State and they should be treated like they matter in the
scheme of things.” Hakeem Bello comments The Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde
Fashola on Media, Hakeem Bello, when
contacted, said he could not give any details on
the development as he had not been briefed on
the matter. He, however, said that if the owner of the
building had committed an infraction against
any of the state laws, he or she should be ready
to be sanctioned when the long arms of the law
finally caught up with the him or her. “ I don’t think it has anything to do with the
alleged deportation of Igbos from Lagos.
Fashola’s administration has no time for trivial
matters,” he said.
Uzor Kalu, and Lagos State government,
Tuesday, disagreed over the reason for the
sealing of Kalu’s property in Park View Estate,
Ikoyi, Lagos. Meantime, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde
Fashola has ordered that the house be
reopened. While Kalu’s aide linked the sealing of the
house to the criticism of Fashola by Kalu over
the deportation of 72 residents of Lagos, who
are of South East origin, the Special Adviser to
Governor Babatunde Fashola on Media,
Hakeem Bello, said he believed the action has nothing to do with the alleged deportation of
Igbos from Lagos. According to him; “Fashola’s administration has
no time for trivial matters.” Emeka Obasi reacts Reacting to the sealing of the Park View house
of Kalu, his Special Adviser, Media, Emeka
Obasi, said it was done as a revenge for the
criticism of Kalu, who is the Coordinator of
Njiko Igbo, a group fighting the cause of the
South East.
Orji Kalu’s property in Park View Estate, Ikoyi,
Lagos Obasi said the property had been there for
several years and that sealing it after just two
weeks of his boss criticsing Fashola over the
deportation issue was an indication that there
was more to it. Obasi said Kalu was not the only Igbo to have
suffered such fate in Lagos State “after the
wicked and ungodly act of deporting legitimate
residents of Lagos State.” He added, “Why is it that it is now that the
property is being sealed, barely two weeks
after my boss disagreed with the action of
Fashola? We maintain our stand and this will
not distract us from fighting for the people. “The action of the Lagos State Government
remains unconstitutional because every citizen
of Nigeria has a right to live in any part of the
country. Fashola should remember that the
Igbo community constitutes about 35 per cent
of registered voters in Lagos State and they should be treated like they matter in the
scheme of things.” Hakeem Bello comments The Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde
Fashola on Media, Hakeem Bello, when
contacted, said he could not give any details on
the development as he had not been briefed on
the matter. He, however, said that if the owner of the
building had committed an infraction against
any of the state laws, he or she should be ready
to be sanctioned when the long arms of the law
finally caught up with the him or her. “ I don’t think it has anything to do with the
alleged deportation of Igbos from Lagos.
Fashola’s administration has no time for trivial
matters,” he said.
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