Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for President‑elect Bola Tinubu and director of media and publicity for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, warned Igbo residents in Lagos against “interfering” in the state’s politics. In a tweet from his official account (@aonanuga1956) on Saturday night, he wrote: “Let 2023 be the last time of Igbo interference in Lagos politics. Let there be no repeat in 2027. Lagos is like Anambra, Imo, any Nigerian state. It is not No Man’s Land, not Federal Capital Territory. It is Yoruba land. Mind your business.”
The warning came amid reports that the days leading up to the Lagos governorship election were marked by ethnic tensions. Former Ogun State governor Olusegun Osoba had earlier urged citizens of “Igbo extract” in Lagos not to turn the election into a tribal issue. Social media amplified the tribal trend, with ethnic slurs directed at residents. Both the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo‑Olu, and the Labour Party’s Lagos governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes‑Vivour, have been drawn into the swirl of ethnic sentiment.
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