Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos, says Musiliu
Akinsanya, chairman of the Lagos parks and garages, should be made to “pay” if
he “broke the law” during the elections.
On the eve of the Lagos gubernatorial election, Akinsanya,
popularly known as MC Oluomo, was spotted in a viral video saying that Igbo
people who would not vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) should stay
at home.
However, MC Oluomo recanted his comment, saying it was a
playful remark addressed to his friend, “Iya Chukwudi”, adding that he was not
referring to Igbo people residing in Lagos.
In spite of his clarification, the remark elicited criticism
on and off social media, with many Nigerians asking security operatives to
arrest him.
Reacting to the situation, Hamzat said the case can be
re-examined and justice should be served if there was a violation.
The Lagos deputy governor spoke in a chat with Channels TV
on Tuesday.
“In the case of MC Oluomo, he has come out to say that he
was referring to one Mama Chinedu or something. And there is a video of the
woman saying he was talking to her and MC has been her customer for years,” he
said.
“So I do not know the
facts. But people should re-examine the facts and if he had truly broken the
law, then of course, he must pay for it.”
‘VIOLENCE RECORDED IN
ONE PERCENT OF POLLING UNITS’
APC won the Lagos governorship election with 762,134 votes
while the Labour Party (LP) came second with 312,329 votes, and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) was in third place with 62,449 votes.
However, there were reports of violence and voter
suppression in some parts of the state, which prompted LP to reject the
results.
Addressing the situation, Hamzat described the opposition as
“bad losers” for not accepting the outcome of the poll.
He added that violence only happened in “one percent” of
polling units in Lagos and “you do not need 100 percent in order to get A”.
“It sounds very nice that the people of Lagos have decided
to renew our mandate, and I have listened to all sorts of commentaries about
this election and I think it is very unkind. Very unkind to Nigerians. Lagos
has 13,325 polling units,” the deputy governor said.
“Alimosho, for example, has 1,545. But violence was recorded
in only three out of them. In the whole of Lagos, only 349 polling units had
issues with violence out of 13,325. So if you figure that out, that’s like one
percent. You do not need 100 percent in order to get A.
“But unfortunately,
people tend to be bad losers, instead of re-examining what happened and how to
get better.”
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