‘Fashola deported people who were constituting a nuisance” – Jide Kosoko

Veteran actor and Lagos prince, Jide Kosoko has
released a statement defending embattled Lagos
state Governor, Babatunde fashola over the
deportation of some Ibo destitutes from the
state.
I disagree with the people criticising the
deportation. There are reasons for everything.
Since there have been negotiations between
Lagos and the state concerned and the
government believes their home state would
take better care of them, I think the action was
appropriate.
We don’t need to shy away from the fact that
Lagos is over-populated because of its
commercial advantage. Anybody doing a
legitimate work here is entitled to stay but a
situation where they are turning themselves to a
nuisance in the state and they would go as far
as inviting others to come is not acceptable.
Let’s not deceive ourselves, look at the
highways, are they not better? I am not speaking
for the government but for myself. To me,
whoever constitutes a nuisance in any state, not
just Lagos, let them be sent back home.
It is very unfortunate that we are in a multi-
ethnic country; that is the major problem we are
having. We find it difficult to say the truth.