It is arrant nonsense – Bode George condemns Campaign asking Igbos to leave
Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described as “arrant nonsense” the recent demands by certain anonymous groups for Igbo people to leave Lagos State. Speaking in Lagos, George condemned such campaigns as “arrant nonsense” and “sheer stupidity.”
The retired army officer and Lagos native made these remarks during an interactive session with the media on the State of the Nation, held at his office in Ikoyi.
“It is nonsense. I say it is arrant nonsense. Why should we be saying that the Igbo people should leave? We have grown with them here. I had known them. We played local football together.
“I think those who are proposing or talking about it are not Lagos indigenes themselves.
“In Lagos, we welcome traders. Bring your wares, we look at it, we buy it, you make your money, we give you land to build. That is the culture of Lagos. Those who are proposing this nonsense have no bearing, no family connection to Lagos.
“I am saying it as a Lagosian. It is arrant stupidity. Why would you tell them to leave? They pay their taxes,” he fumed.
