Oba of Lagos, Oba RIlwan Akiolu on Sunday, April 5, 2015 delivered a serious threat to the Igbos living in Lagos, telling them to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akinwumi Ambode or else they will die in the lagoon.
Thisday reports that Oba Akiolu, who was evidently miffed, made the threat at a meeting with Igbo leaders, warning that Igbo people should not repeat their actions of Saturday, March 28, 2015 where the votes of non-indegenes helped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) win a high amount of votes in the presidential and National Assembly election – with two Igbos and a Delta indegene winning Federal House of Representatives seats – warning that it the same occurs, they should be ready for the repercussion.
Oba Akiolu said: “On Saturday, if anyone of you goes against Ambode who I picked, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know that I am a bastard and it is not my father who gave birth to me.
“Jonathan is my son and I speak to him everyday. By the grace of God, I am the owner of Lagos for the time being. This is an undivided chair. The palace belongs to the dead and those coming in the future.
“On Saturday, if anyone of you, I swear in the name of God, goes against my wish that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos State, the person is going to die inside this water.
“I’m not ready to beg you. Nobody knew how I picked Ambode. Jimi (Agbaje) is my blood relation and I told him that he cannot be governor in Lagos for now. The future belongs to God. I am not begging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba or anywhere, don’t do it here.
“If you do what I want, Lagos will continue to be prosperous for you. If you go against my wish, you will perish in the water.
“I am for the progress, growth and development of Lagos. Ambode is highly cerebral, he’s a symbol and he is going to deliver the message which I, the Oba of Lagos, have said. And he will govern the state for another eight years.
“He is going on a mission and God will give him the wisdom and knowledge to fulfill that mission. Almost a year ago, I declared that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos and it will not change.
“From time immemorial, the previous occupiers of this house will say what they wanted after consultations with other people. And this hasn’t changed and it will not change at this time.”
While absolving President Jonathan of any wrong doing, stating that an unnamed predecessor of the incumbent was behind Nigeria’s crisis.
He continued: “If not for the appeal from Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) and my highly respected maternal father, the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, all what is happening today is not the cause of the present government. The man who caused everything knows himself.”
