A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called out the Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the recent demolition of unfit structures at Alaba market.
The former minister challenged the governor to provide proof if his action was not borne out of political vindictiveness against the Igbos.
WesternLifeNewsNG recalls that Igbo extraction in Lagos overwhelmingly voted for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, thus led to the defeat of the then candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu for the first time in major election in the state.
Mrs Ezekwesili was reacting to Lagos State government recent demolition of distressed buildings in Nigeria’s largest electronics market, the Alaba International Market.
About 17 buildings in the Ojo Local Government Area where the market is situated have been assessed and approved for demolition.
Some traders in the market on Sunday alleged that the state government did not give any prior notice before starting demolition.
Mrs Ezekwesili in a tweet on Tuesday, asked Mr Sanwo-Olu to make full disclosure of the reason behind his action.
The former minister also warned President Tinubu to be careful in brewing “terribly toxic atmosphere against fellow citizens”.
“Mr Governor, please immediately publish details of each destroyed building and the dateline of Due Process rules that were exhausted by your Government before it was “removed,” Mrs Ezekwesili said.
“It will be wise for the Governor to take this counsel on Transparency and Full Disclosure since it would provide evidence to the public that this is not a vengeful political attack against the predominant Igbo community in Alaba Market.”
“Let me also use this opportunity to really again advise the @followlasg and its cheerleaders including @officialABAT to be careful in persisting to brew a terribly toxic atmosphere against fellow citizens since before, during and after the 2023 elections,” she said.
