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"From the lofty rhetoric of 2006, the JK we see today is, sadly, one toiling hard to profit from divisive politics by exploiting the Igbo sentiments, thereby unwittingly putting a razor on the tie that otherwise binds all of us together" - Louis Odion
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"The great Lagos we've always known is one whose values of accommodation and competitive spirit are blind to ethnicity, colour or creed. Its soil bred the legend of Azikiwe, prospered the mercantilist talent of the senior Ojukwu, inspired the activist instinct of Chima Ubani and
...nourished the prodigious intellect of Pat Utomi. When the nation was faced with grave moral crisis in the past, an illustrious Igbo like Ndubuisi Kanu, for example, was not known to have paused for a moment to first make some cold ethnic calculations, before taking a stand."
"At a time when even many Yoruba elders had betrayed MKO to Abacha for the proverbial thirty shekels of silver, it is on record that Ndubuisi Kanu was one of those who, at grave personal risk, stood for June 12 till the very end." - Lious Odion
"The great Lagos we have always known provided the rendezvous for Ekiti-born Dele Alake to make friends with Danladi Bako (now the Koguna of Sokoto) and Abia-born Prince Emeka Obasi in the 80s; friendships that morphed into brotherhood and have endured till today" - Lious Odion
"It's therefore troubling reading reports of violent clashes between the Yoruba & Igbo in some neighbourhoods in Lagos over electoral preferences in the ongoing general polls. In my nearly 30year residency in Lagos, I can't recall any such violence between Yoruba and Igbo before"
"But many saw this coming the moment JK, obviously out of political desperation, began to sound more like Igbo champion than someone aspiring to be governor for hundred more ethnic nationalities in Lagos." - Lious Odion
"In framing campaign messages that subtly incite Igbo against their host & neighbour, JK will, for instance, conveniently forget to acknowledge that those he accuses of “monopolizing” power in Lagos have never discriminated against Igbo pupils when offsetting WAEC or NECO fees"
"No one has formulated deliberate policies to prevent Igbo from running their legitimate businesses in Lagos. Neither has the state employment policy ever been sectional. Non-Yoruba today account for over 40% of teaching staff in Lagos public schools." - Lious Odion
"Nor will JK also be charitable enough to acknowledge that an Igbo man, Ben Akabueze, made history as the longest serving state commissioner in Nigeria by serving four terms in Lagos in the strategic Budget Ministry under Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola." - Lious Odion
