Anambra State Governor Peter Obi Writes President Goodluck Jonathan On What He Calls The "Callous Act" Of Deportation Of Other Nigerians From Lagos State By Governor Babatunde Fashola
(L-R) Gov Babatunde Fashola, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite,
Gov Peter Obi And Mrs. Obi At The Funeral Rites
For Late Odumegwu Ojukwu At
Tafawa Balewa
Square, Lagos, February, 2012.
(Pix: The Guardian)
“Unconstitutional, Illegal And Forced Deportation of Nigerians to Anambra State From Lagos State”
I wish to respectfully bring to your due
attention a very disturbing development that has vast national security
and political implications. Last September and again on 24 July 2013,
the Lagos State Government contrived inexplicable reasons to round up
Nigerians, whom they alleged were Anambra indigenes (most of whom the
SSS report shows clearly are not fromAnambra state) and forcefully
deported them to Anambra state, dumping them as it were in the
commercial city of Onitsha (see attached SSS report).
This latest
callous act, in which Lagos State did not even bother to consult with
Anambra State authorities, before deporting 72 persons considered to be
of Igbo extraction to Anambra State, is illegal, unconstitutional and a
blatant violation of the human rights of these individuals and of the
Nigerian Constitution.
