The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization has urged President Bola Tinubu to wade into the demolition of the Alaba International Market in Lagos State.
Ohanaeze urged Tinubu to prevail on Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to temper justice with mercy on Igbos in the state.
On Friday, the Lagos State Government began the process of removing distressed buildings in the Alaba International Market in Ojo Local Government of the state.
The enforcement team of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, and the Lagos State Task Force embarked on the joint exercise.
The team, which went round to re-seal several buildings that had been marked with previous multiple quit seal notices by LASBCA, said the measure was to prevent disaster.
Reacting, Ohanaeze’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, warned Igbos in Lagos State to stop playing bad politics.
According to Isiguzoro, bad politics was affecting Igbo businesses in Lagos.
Speaking with newsmen, Isiguzoro said the group was informed that most of the business owners said they were given only three hours.
He begged the President to call Governor Sanwo-Olu to temper justice with mercy.
He also said the Ohanaeze has already told Igbos to relocate the headquarters of their businesses back home to have a fallback position when politics are targetted against them, saying their Republicanism should end in the Southeast.
Speaking on threats, he said Igbos won’t leave any part of Nigeria for anybody as they have contributed to the development and building of economies with every state and local government in Nigeria.
Speaking further, he said Igbos are Nigerians, so the Ohanaeze is saying that the demolition of Alaba International Market is a wake-up call for Ndigbos to come and invest in what he called the Eyimba economic city.
HE urged the Lagos state government to halt further demolition of Alaba and other Igbo-populated markets as this would make Igbos continue supporting Asiwaju’s government and make him succeed.”
