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“In 1989, I was about to get married, and I was searching for a good house to rent. I met my landlord, an elderly lawyer who obviously did more real estate than legal practice. He let me know that there were 3 categories of people he would not rent the property in his care to Ijebus, Igbos and Lawyers.”
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | APRIL 19, 2023
Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo went down the memory lane in a tweet on his official handle earlier today regaling his readers with some roadblocks prospective tenants undergo in the hand of landlord.
In the tweet the VP wrote: “In 1989, I was about to get married, and I was searching for a good house to rent. I met my landlord, an elderly lawyer who obviously did more real estate than legal practice. He let me know that there were 3 categories of people he would not rent the property in his care to Ijebus, Igbos and Lawyers.”
According to him, the rules were, you must not be Ijebu, Igbo or a lawyer!
The Vice President who told his readers that this happened while he was preparing to marry his present wife, and shockingly found himself caught by 2 of the 3 conditions placed on renting the accommodation by the landlord. The tweet reads:
Professor Yemi Osinbajo said, “I share this to illustrate the point that prejudice and bias are natural aspects of human nature. Everyone has prejudices and preferences that are reinforced by stories and narratives.”
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