Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Bode George is very angry with those calling for Igbo people to leave Lagos.

He said: “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.”

“Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, who is of Igbo extraction, became the political son of my great-grand uncle, Sir Herbert Macaulay. Azikwe, the first President of Nigeria, joined Macaulay in the nationalism struggles before late Obafemi Awolowo and his group arrived from UK.”

“Why are you fighting them? Does it make sense? Lagos State was created since 1967. Since that time to now, the Igbo have had their contributions. So, to me, such campaign is idiotic. Very idiotic. They should stop.”

“They should just shut up. If they have a right to come here, why are they blocking others? The Igbo have their own contribution to make.”

“They are buying houses and building houses. They are contributing to the development of economic activities in Lagos. They are most welcome.”