Director of New Media for the Bola Tinubu campaign, Femi Fani–Kayode advises those opposed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate’s ambitions to “jump into the lagoon.”
Mr Fani-remarks Kayode’s echo those of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, during the 2015 governorship election in the state, when he threatened to drown Igbo voters in the Lagos lagoon if they did not vote for the APC candidate.Infomation Guide Nigeria
The traditional ruler spoke during a visit by Ndigbo community leaders to the state a few days before the 2015 governorship election, which was viewed as a two-horse fight between Akinwumi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Oba Akiolu had threatened that “If anyone of you (Igbos) goes against Akin Ambode that I picked, that is your end. I tell you in the name of God… If anyone of you, I swear in the name of God, goes against my wish that [APC candidate] Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos state, the person is going to die inside this water.”
Mr Tinubu, who will face Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and a host of other contenders in next year’s general elections, once warned that Labour Party (LP) members would “labour to death”Jamb Result
Igbos constitute a major proportion of Mr. Obi’s supporters. Mr. Fani-remark Kayode’s on the lagoon raises concerns of voting suppression, as experienced during the 2019 general election in Igbo-dominated regions of Lagos State.
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