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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has insisted that some of the houses built in Lagos State used to be a swamp. Ohanaeze made the remark while berating a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George for criticising Igbos who built houses and developed Lagos State. The organization said George’s remark was “unstatesmanly and bigoted.” George had said it was disheartening and unpatriotic that despite the challenges facing the country, it was ‘who owns Lagos’ that some people were preoccupied with. He said: “Why couldn’t the Igbos focus on developing their own …