"Lagos Made No Error On Deportation Of Igbos"

Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye has stated that the Lagos state Government made no error on deportation of Igbos.

Earlier, Ipaye, who had also spoken on the controversies that trailed the relocation of some Igbo indigenes from Lagos, dismissed the argument that the state acted against the law.

He said the decision to transport the affected persons to their home state was based on their request after due consultation with their state of origin.

He said: "A lot has been said about this, and has fueled a lot of speculations and is drawing bad blood. But this is a simple routine matter which has been happening to people all over the country, be it Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa, who have no social support living in the state.

So, they requested that the government should assist them in going back home where they can find their families and get people to reunite with.

"We have said it that we wrote to the government in question that it should come to the assistance of the people. Since we couldn't get their response, we worked with these individuals to get them back home.

It was really a primary matter of assisting the people involved. It was not a punitive measure or that anyone has no right to come to Lagos State."