Lagos residents get angry when MC Oluomo threatens Igbo voters.

TNT Newsline March 18, 2023 2 minutes read

Musiliu Akinsanya, who is also known as MC Oluomo and heads the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, has warned Igbos in the state before the governorship election on Saturday.

MC Oluomo told people at a meeting who support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that Igbos who don’t vote for the party should stay home.

“We’ve pleaded with them. It’s not a fight if they don’t want to vote for us. Mama Chukwudi, tell them to sit down at home if they don’t want to vote for us. “Take a seat at home,” he told her.

This is because Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) won the presidential election in Lagos state on February 25.

This makes the LP’s candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a major threat to the APC’s incumbent, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Meanwhile, Nigerians have taken to Twitter to express anger over MC Oluomo’s comments. Below are some of such tweets:

@itstimenaija wrote: “Nigerian constitution says freedom to vote and be voted for, but APC and MC Oluomo are saying they are above the law and we don’t have that freedom in Lagos State that It’s either you vote for them or you don’t vote at all. Me I say MTCHEWWW It’s LP top to bottom.#IREV#GRV4Lagos”

@erafael2015 said: “God will punish this M.C Oluomo for coming out boldly for the second time to loudly say such a thing again. He is not the only one resident in Lagos as a Nigeria citizen who has right to vote. And he has no authority to decide who vote who in the election.”

@chisannicharles: “He never saw it coming. Threatened the Igbos is off target. A lot of Yorubas are voting LP. I guess he didn’t know it.”

@NNwaebiem: “The Igbos are being disrespected and provoked unnecessarily! The security apparatus will be held responsible should anything happen to the Igbos in Lagos. The foot prints are all over the state!”

@idolax: “Is this guy above the law or probably he’s been aided and abetted by the @PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU to continue to threaten citizens against their civic right.”

(Daily Trust)