Lagos — After weeks of intense controversies over the repatriation of some Igbo in Lagos state to Onitsha in Anambra state, the Lagos State Governor Mr Babatunde Fashola yesterday tendered apology to all aggrieved persons.
Fasola tendered his apology while speaking at the 25th anniversary of a pan-Igbo socio-political group, Aka Ikenga held in Lagos yesterday.
Fashola said his government policy was misunderstood by a section of the people and giving political coloration to the incident.
He said he bore no grudges against the Igbo people as speculated.
"Our fore fathers have always had in place a robust relationship with Ndigbo.
"We have built a relationship based on tolerance, mutual respect and trust. That relationship was started by our ancestors ," he said.
"There are those who clearly misrepresented the action taken the way they wanted it. To those people, I owe an explanation on what has happened and that was partly why I am here today. If those people have misunderstood me or action taken by our government, here today and publicly, I am offering them unreserved apology," Fashola said
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