On Sunday, April 5, 2015, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, caused a stir with his statement that the Igbos in the state should either vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, or prepare to perish in the Lagoon.
The Oba reportedly said:
"On Saturday, if any one of you goes against Ambode who I picked, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know that I am a bastard and it’s not my father who gave birth to me.
By the grace of God, I am the owner of Lagos for the time being. This is an undivided chair. The palace belongs to the dead and those coming in the future.
On Saturday, if anyone of you, I swear in the name of God, goes against my wish that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos state, the person is going to die inside this water.
For the Igbos and others in Lagos, they should go where the Oba of Lagos heads to. When they were coming to the state, they didn’t come with all their houses. But now they have properties in the state. So they must do my bidding.
And that is the bidding of the ancestors of Lagos and God. I am not ready to beg you. Nobody knew how I picked Ambode. I am not begging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba or anywhere you cannot do it here.
If you do what I want, Lagos will continue to be prosperous for you, if you go against my wish, you will perish in the water."
But in the heat of the dust raised by the statement, the monarch has come out to say that he did not mean exactly what he said, claiming that he was only using proverbs while addressing the Igbos.
The APC and its leaders including Bola Tinubu, has come out to denounce the Oba's statement, saying he is not even a member of the party. But the tension still persists.
On Morning Teaser today, we ask: what do you make of the Oba's 'Vote Ambode or perish in the Lagoon' statement?
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