promises, he started to “divide us along the ethnic lines. Is the President God? If God chose to make us different, no one can question that. We have lived together for hundreds of years. “We need leaders that will bring us closer and not the one that will divide us. We have been our brothers’ keeper in Nigeria especially Lagos. For instance when our athletes go ahead to represent this country in any tournament, no one is concerned about the state the person hails from or his religion.” Fashola lampooned the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), gubernatorial candidate, Jimi Agbaje for a statement credited to him that the South-South will collapse the nation’s economy if Jonathan loses in the incoming election. He said, “Nigeria will not divide if President Goodluck Jonathan losses the February 14 election. Rather, it is the President who will leave office and return to his home town in Bayelsa State. He has deceived us enough.” Fashola, however, faulted the transfer of the Commandant of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, a police formation financed by the State Government, Mr Hakeem Odumosu. He argued that, “It was because the message of change has already reached their (PDP-led Federal Government) door step. “The RRS is the unit that responded to the violent crime in the state. And last week, they transferred the commandant of the RRS out of Lagos. Whoever they bring will have his relations in Lagos.”
