Citizens Network for Peace and
Development, CNPD, has condemned the
‘deportation’ of some indigenes of Anambra
State by the Lagos State Government and
asked Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN, to
apologise for the action. In a courtesy visit to Vanguard Regional
Office, Abuja, Director-General of the non-
governmental organisation, Comrade Preye
Dressman, said that the action of the
governor was capable of causing ethnic
crisis in the country and that if not tackled immediately it could have ripple effects. “The action of Lagos State Government is
capable of attracting ethnic reprisals which
in turn may generate into a crisis that might
not easily be contained by government. “We believe that every citizen of Nigeria as
provided by the constitution has the right to
live freely in any part of the country
irrespective of his/her status, tribe, or
religion. We therefore advise that the
authorities concerned to show maturity in resolving the issue. “If Lagos governor claimed he had written
to the Anambra State government, does it
justify him to dump the people at the time
and place they were dumped?” Dressman
asked.
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