Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged immediate past governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola to go and make peace with his ‘benefactor’ Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is also the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress.
Fashola has been under fire in the media lately for spending N78.3m of taxpayers’ money on a personal website, www.tundefashola.com, and for spending N139m on the drilling of two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja.
Fani-Kayode in a Facebook Post urged Fashola to beg Tinubu as soon as possible before things get messier.
He said “Things are getting messier by the day. My advice to Tunde Fashola is to go and make peace with his benefactor, Bola Tinubu, before it is too late.”
Meanwhile Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode wants illegal Togolese aliens repatriated from the Lagos Emergency Resettlement Centres in Igando and Agbowa areas of the state where they are presently camped.
The Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello in a statement said the state can no longer accommodate them.
The statement read, “Surprisingly, the state government realised that these ministries have not taken any step to address the situation because the numbers of illegal immigrants from Togo have continued to increase daily. As of today, the number of Togolese illegal immigrants has increased from 114 to 199, putting serious pressure on the limited spaces at the two camps.
“Investigations by the state showed that the Togolese immigrants were expelled from Benin Republic where they had lived for over 10 years. They came to Lagos and because of the accommodation provided by the state government at its ERCs, these illegal immigrants at the Igando camp started calling their friends and family on the telephone in Benin Republic to come to Nigeria, telling them that they now have a new home. By last weekend, another 85 illegal immigrants of Togolese descent were taken to the ERC, Agbowa.
“These two emergency facilities as of today are seriously been overused and can no longer accommodate anybody. What becomes of legal residents of the state in case of an emergency occurs? The Nigeria Immigration Service is, therefore, advised to ensure that the nation’s borders are well manned by not giving room to any form of compromise at all times.”