{"id":37553,"date":"2015-04-07T15:13:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=37553"},"modified":"2015-04-07T15:13:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:13:12","slug":"nigerians-blast-pat-utomi-for-defending-oba-akiolu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerians-blast-pat-utomi-for-defending-oba-akiolu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians blast Pat Utomi for defending Oba Akiolu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1428413247277_10968\" style=\"color: #666666;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1428413247277_10967\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigerians have blasted Prof. Pat Utomi for attempting to defend Oba Rilwan Akiolu after he was accused of threatening Igbos in Lagos if they fail to vote Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress in April 11 elections.<br \/>\nUtomi tried to play down claims that the Oba said Igbos will perish in the lagoon by writing on Twitter. \u201cThe arena of politics slippery slope. The remarks by the Oba of Lagos are inappropriate but all who know him know he talks so in jest,\u201d he wrote on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1428413247277_10970\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHave known Oba Akiolu for 20 years. He says worse to me every time we see but I have no doubt he is fond of me. How do you tell outsiders so,\u201d he quizzed.<br \/>\nUtomi said Oba Akiolu jokes a lot and that the statement to the Igbos could be one of his jokes. \u201cTypical of Oba as he sees me: Pat go return our land where you built that Lagos Business School. I respond; hold Asiwaju who signed Cerfticate of Occupancy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1428413247277_10971\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1428413247277_10976\" style=\"color: #666666;\">But Utomi\u2019s attempt to douse the tension did not go well with some Nigerians. Many of them replied him on Twitter. 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