Renowned historian and a member
of the Southern Leaders’ Forum, Banji Akintoye has maintained that Nigeria may
eventually break up if it is not properly restructured.
He said the military government
had succeeded in bastardizing the nation’s economy and even created a reign for
corruption that was now leading Nigerian into disintegration.
Spacing with Vanguard, the
southern leader insisted that restructuring remained the only way forward for
Nigeria.
His words, “Now, when the
military carried out a coup, a very unfortunate thing happened, they came to
the conclusion that they could only rule Nigeria the way they knew. The
military wanted to control Nigeria centrally and that is where the trouble
started. It created trouble.
“The military has destroyed the
economy of our nation, they destroyed our federation, and they have destroyed
trust among our people and created anger and bitterness, enmity all over
Nigeria.
“They have created a reign of
corruption and they have now led us to the point which looks like our country
is going to break up. So, the answer is that we should go back to the
federation.
“I fear and I still fear as I
speak today that if we continue like this without restructuring the federation
and loosening the centre a little, Nigeria will break up.”
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