A socio-political youth organisation in the South West, Apapo Egba Ewe Yoruba has expressed shock at the ongoing xenophobic attacks on non-indigenes living in Lagos state and appealed to the ruling All Progressives Congress to step in and halt it
A statement issued by the Coordinator and Secretary of the group, Babatunde Hassan and Ridwan Olaposi in Lagos on Monday added that the party risks incurring the wrath of Yoruba youths should the trend continues.
Mostly people from the Igbo ethnic stock, traders in areas such as Oshodi, Okota, Apapa and other areas are reported to have been prevented from trading by the thugs who claimed they voted for the opposition People’s Democratic Party.
Reports have indicated that some of traders sustained various degrees of injuries during attack.
According to the group, the actions of the miscreants have portrayed the Yoruba ethnic nationality in bad light, saying, “our people are known to be civil in their approach to issues.”
” We are also using this medium to express our desire to help maintain peace in the state by deploy our members to protect the non-indigenes.” he concluded.
