The Special Adviser to the Lagos state governor on media and publicity, Gboyega Akosile, has reacted to a trending video of a Nigerian man calling on Igbos to burn down Lagos state following the recent Igbos Must Go campaign on social media.
In the trending video, the man who appears to be from the Southeast, said;
‘’Igbos in Lagos should open their eyes, Do not sleep with your two eyes. When somebody push you, push back. You people should come together now when they are shouting Igbos must go. Plan how you will defend yourself, and your property. Plan how you will throw them inside the Lagoon. First of all, when it starts, go straight to Oba, throw him inside Lagoon. Burn down Lagos.”
Describing the man as an ‘’imbecile,” Akosile said this is the kind of hateful, divisive, and bigoted comments being made on social media to incite violence against Lagosians and by extension Yorubas who are peaceful and tolerant people.
He called on the security agents to speedily act and fish out the man.
”Who’s this imbeXile again? This is one among several hateful, divisive and bigoted persons that come on this X App to cause tension, generate hate and incite violence against the good people of Lagos and by extension, the Yoruba who are generally known to be peaceful and tolerant. We call on all well-meaning Nigerians to stand up against this kind of person and many of his type, while at the same time inviting the relevant law enforcement agencies to speedily look into this act. We can’t allow actions of people like this continue to cause division and ultimately ethnic-based crisis in our land.”