Former President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo has restated that those agitating for the breakup of Nigeria are
wrong.
Obasanjo, who made the remark
while condemning those calling for the break up of the country, noting that the
problem of the country was not in its structure, but in the ‘mentality’ of its
citizens.
Speaking in Lagos, yesterday, the
former President said he prays for a change of mentality by the agitators.
Obasanjo said if he had a magic wand, “I would make one wish that God should change our mentality; I believe that is the problem of this country.”
He advised Nigerians not to be
deceived by those calling for war, noting that they had not witnessed one
before.
The former President went on to
state that his wish was for the country to remain as one.
“Anybody who thinks Nigeria is going to be breaking up is wrong”, he said.
He, however, stressed that the
recent clamours for restructuring were legitimate.
“We need to do more about the equity of this country. We need to see ourselves as our brother’s keepers. We need to share our natural God-given resources together,” he said.
This is coming at a time when the
leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, said Obasanjo
will die if he makes any effort to stop the Biafra agitation.
Kanu issued the warning while
reacting to Obasanjo’s call that he should be stopped for agitating for Biafra.
Also, IPOB had yesterday accused
the former President of plotting to assassinate Kanu and overthrow the
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
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IT IS OBASANJO THAT NEEDS CHANGE OF MENTALITY. HE SHOULD KNOW THAT IT IS PEOPLE LIKE HIM THAT REDUCED NIGERIA TO THIS LEVEL. PEOPLE LIKE HIM ARE BETTER DEAD FOR NIGERIA TO MOVE FOWARD. THEY REDUCED NIGERIA TO A DEBTOR NATION FILLED WITH POVERTY, CORRUPTION AND MAL-NORISHMENT. HE STILL THINKS NIGERIA SHOULD SLEEP AND WAKE WITH HIM. RATHER HE HAS BECOME A NUISANCE. I DON'T BLAME HIM MUCH. RATHER PAST LEADERS WHO FAILRD TO PROBE HIM AND ALLOW HIM ROAM INTO THE CHINESE SHOP LIKE AN ELEPHANT OR A BULL. Jay 2, Abuja.
ReplyDeleteObasanjo trys to scare you with war but IPOB says they are not violent and not after war. Evil ruling class protecting their backsides
ReplyDeleteIf something is wrong with the mentality of the citizens, restructuring becomes inevitable. It's that simple.
ReplyDeleteIf something is wrong with the mentality of the citizens, restructuring becomes inevitable. Or the break-up of the contrapture called Nigeria through referendum. It's that simple.
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