Some indigenes of Awori have stormed the Lagos residence of the
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to
protest the marginalisation of their people in the appointment of public
officials.
The protesters said none of the
Awori indigenes from their communities had been appointed into public office in
the last 16 years despite their support for the Lagos State Government and
Tinubu.
The group, on Sunday, urged
Tinubu and the APC-led government in the state to address their complaint.
One of the leaders of the
Awori, Chief Lateef Balogun, said,
“I am the Ashipa of Agboyi. We
have been supporting Asiwaju Tinubu since he was elected as the Lagos State
governor on the platform of the defunct Alliance for Democracy. We have always
done our best to ensure that his party wins elections in the state, but what we
get in return is marginalisation.
“We are here today to complain
over the marginalisation of our people in all levels of government. He created
the 37 Local Council Development Areas for us in 2002, but the Awori were not
given any position in the government. So, we are begging Tinubu to look into
the matter.
“We want Awori indigenes to be
elected as chairmen of the local council development areas, not outsiders.”
Another leader of the
protesters, Chief Bola Onikoro, alleged that the Awori were being cheated,
despite the fact they have qualified candidates.
He said,
“We want peace. We, the Awori
from Kosofe, Agboyi, Ojota and Isheri, want change. What we want now is that
all the local government areas should be headed by our people. Our people are
competent to provide quality leadership in any level of government.”
The youth leader for Ojota area
of the state, Mr. Adebisi Balogun, said all the prominent positions in the
LCDAs were given to non-indigenes hence didn't think it was fair.
A former Lagos State Head of
Service, Mr. Sunny Ajose, who met with the protesters, praised their peaceful
conduct and assured them that their grievances would be addressed.
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