National Issues
Those twisting the Lagos violence with ethnicity should cover their faces in shame -By Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko
Even the blind understands clearly that the rage against the gory massacre of unarmed defenceless young folks at Lekki toll gate Tuesday, unleashed bottled-up anger against certain overlords, who have hitherto held Lagos hostage for over two decades now.
The very distasteful strategy by certain heartless spin doctors to manipulate the minds of Nigerians with a lie from the pit of hell that Igbo youths are responsible for the youth DAY OF RAGE Wednesday in Lagos is shameful and scary.
This type of mind bending might have worked before the advent of this insensitive and directionless government, but not today.
Nobody will ever believe their cheap but vicious false narrative. Their usual agelong blackmail of Ndigbo has expired.
Even the blind understands clearly that the rage against the gory massacre of unarmed defenceless young folks at Lekki toll gate Tuesday, unleashed bottled-up anger against certain overlords, who have hitherto held Lagos hostage for over two decades now.
Survivors of the Lekki massacre know who turned off the light at the toll gates, they know who ordered the removal of the CCTV cameras, they also know who was struggling to convince Aso villa that he was not behind the youth protests ab initio.
The spontaneous reaction of Nigerian youths to the Lekki massacre represents their rejection of the continued endless oppression in the land. The hopelessness in the land, where life has become so cheap, spurred the anger in the land. The bad governance, nepotism and mediocrity are all part of it. The younger generation are clearly frustrated.
They revolted in rejection of endless killings in the land, and the insensitivity of the leadership to their plight.
Those plotting to turn it into an ethnic affair have failed this time. Nobody is stupid enough to believe such idiotic narrative.
That they are working on dividing the protesters along ethnic lines is childish; scheming to spread anti-Igbo emotions in Lagos is reprehensible. Alleging that Igbo youths carried out the rage in Lagos Wednesday, is wicked, ruthless, but clearly unbelievable. Every one knows it’s a cheap but HORRIBLE lie.
The spinners ought to know that nobody will believe that Igbo boys know Sanwo-Olu’s family home, and the entrance to the palace of the Oba of Lagos.
No normal human being will believe that Yoruba youths were folding their hands, watching Igbo youths burn down Yoruba property. The evil spin doctors behind the spin to heap the blame on Ndigbo should cover their heads in shame.
This spin doctors who are suggesting that Igbo youths inspired the operation weti-e of late 1965 and early 1966, burnt down Akin Omoboriowo’s house in 1983, burnt Alao Arisekola’s car inside the university campus in the 1990s, while Yoruba youths watched, should be ashamed of themselves.
Their vicious lies, anchored on Igbo-hating and Igbo-baiting, CANNOT fly.
Evangelist Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko
Founder: Igbo Youth Movement
Secretary: Eastern Consultative Assembly.
