Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Drainage and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe has lambasted Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe for his comment on the killings in the South-East.

Igbokwe said; “Senator Abaribe please take notice that I am from the Southeast and I am also a critical stakeholder in the region and Nigeria.”

“You know it and I know it also that IPOB is responsible for the bloodshed in the Southeast.”

“This is the truth and nothing but the truth. Let us for once fear God and speak the truth so as to put the enemies to shame.”

For those who don’t know, this is what Abaribe said about the killings in the South-East…

“Let us say that what is going on in the South East is something that we cannot just comprehend properly.”

“People in the South East have never been violent and we are not murderers and part of the confusion is that we don’t know who is committing these crimes.”

“We know that there’s an election coming I think in 35 days and the feeling is that they should turn the state into a theatre of murder, assassinations maybe to create the impression that it is so unsafe that nobody should come out to vote.”

“And we are calling on the security agencies that this is the time they should actually do a serious investigation into this. Drawing conclusions saying it’s this group or that group, this person or that person does not help anybody.”

“That’s why in the motion that was brought by Senator Ekwunife, she also urged the Governors of the South East and Security heads to put heads together and find out why this is happening.”

“We’re also calling on the public, please if you have any information let the security agencies know.”

“We just cannot continue like this. We suffered the devastation of the civil war then we built up ourselves. We can’t afford to have a self-inflicted devastation again where nobody comes to the South East anymore because of fear. We’ve never killed anyone because of election.”

“We’re not seeing the type of intelligence gathering that we saw in those days that the police and other agencies used to get to the bottom of issues. But I do not believe that it is so.”

“I have absolute faith in the DSS and police to get to the root of everything that is happening and I urge them to go ahead and let us know why these things are happening,”