Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has praised the Yorubas, calling them the most accommodating people in Nigeria.
Omokri referred to Lagos as the most welcoming city in the country.
He argued that the Yorubas deserved to be praised, pointing out that most of what Lagosians tolerate would not be tolerated elsewhere.
He tweeted: “The most accommodating people in Nigeria are the Yoruba. The most accommodating place in Nigeria is Lagos. What Lagosians accept will not be accepted anywhere else. And for this the Yoruba deserve kudos not knocks! We all should be like them. #NigerianElections2023 #TableShaker.”
The debate on tribal conflicts and bigotry has taken centre stage in major online discourse over the general elections.
The ‘face-off’ has been between Igbos and Yorubas over the ownership of Lagos.
Some have said Lagos is at best a no man’s land but certainly not for the Yorubas.
Others have insisted it indeed belongs to the Yorubas but Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti recently disapproved of the two ‘claims’, stressing Lagos belongs to Portuguese.
He said Lagos was neither for Yorubas nor a no man’s land but a European satellite slave port.
