Stop Demolition Of Igbo Properties In Lagos, Kalu Appeals To Tinubu

The Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene over the destruction, demolition of the houses, offices of the Igbo in Lagos State.

Kalu who made the appeal on Friday during the reception held in the honor of the president for the commissioning of numerous landmark projects executed by the Abia State Governor Dr Alex Otti in Aba, said the situation in Lagos makes the heart of the Igbo bleed.

“The destruction, demolition of the houses, of the offices of the Igbos properties in Lagos makes our heart bleed”.

Pleading, Kalu said, “ Mr President, for some of them who have not gotten the right document, my plea to you is to appeal to the Governor of Lagos State to keep accommodating our brothers and please allow them to rectify their document instead of destruction.

“Let them come into the room and find a way of regularizing some of these documents. It bleeds our heart that in this hard time that houses are being destroyed.

“But I know that Mr. President who cares for the Igbos, Mr. President who made the Igbos one of the first commissioners of finance in his administration will listen to the hearing of the Igbo.”

The Deputy Speaker also thanked Mr. President for appointing an Igbo man in one of the biggest ministries in his administration, Ministry of Works, and also for supporting him to be the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, and appointing an Igbo man Chief of Naval Staff who controlled the resources of the countries and the waterways for the security.

Speaking further, Kalu commended Governor Otti for the projects carried out in the State and requested that the Governor do more for Abians.