The Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor, Ossai Ovie Success, has expressed disappointment in a post on X, claiming that the Igbos developed Asaba, the capital of oil-rich Delta State.

The claim was made by a user named Chinee Okoloigwe, who alleged that Asaba was developed due to the migration of Igbo men from neighbouring Onitsha.

@chineekol said, "Asaba is like that developed extension of Onitsha by Onitsha residents that they abandoned Onitsha for.
If not for the Onitsha residents, Asaba wouldn't be the developed Asaba of today."

In response, Ovie Success wondered why Onitsha people cannot develop their state but choose to migrate to Asaba.

He said, "I am disappointed in you for this statement. Why can’t you guys develop your state?"

In another post, he wrote, "Asaba is more developed than your state at the moment. Best place for business, Health, Tourism, Education and Security."

Other X users also waded in to disprove the claim that Igbos developed Asaba.

@davovia said, "Igbos are their own undoing. There is something typically wrong with the way you are all wired mentally. Arrogating what belongs to others and finding yourself always interfering in people’s affairs is why you are hated everywhere."

@IgnatusOnianwa said, 'The postulation that Onitsha boys developed Asaba is a shallow argument that jettisons other important factors. The question is what attracted the so-called Onitsha boys to come to Asaba? There is something unique about the town that warrants them to come."

@papacharlesoge said, "Did we build any roads or hospitals? We give ourselves too much credit. Ndi Onitsha simply capitalised on the developmental stride of the Delta state government and the safety in Asaba. I know a couple of people already coming back to Onitsha because of the bad road."

@gozie_recon said, "This is a false submission, though recent findings by Realtors show that there’s a good percentage of investors from Igbo tribes. A lot of people from other tribes have a good amount of investment in the city. You can’t say Nigerians developed the UK just because of high immigration."

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