Igbo Must Go Hashtag: Obasanjo breaks silence, “We own this country together”

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the call on the Igbos to vacate Lagos and the southwest region.

Obasanjo: “No one should be driven away from any part of the country” 

Recall that a post made by @Lagospedia on X (formerly Twitter) went viral and generated reactions on the social media platform.

The post on July 27, 2024, asking Lagosians to brace for a massive #IgboMustGo protest from August 20 to 30, 2024, has further fuelled tensions and stirred a fresh controversy in the polity.

Reacting to the development, the former president said he doesn’t believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country, declaring that, “we own this country together.”

He added:

Obasanjo made this assertion when he received in audience the leadership of Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market Association, an umbrella body of major markets in Lagos State held at the boardroom of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State, Vanguard reported.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo who did not speak much further, said the leadership of the group reached out to him to support the establishment of the Owerri Central Market positioned to be the best of its kind in the country, Daily Trust reported.