Leader of a leading Yoruba
socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has called on President
Muhammadu Buhari to, without further delay, break the country into its original
units if he does not want to restructure.
Adebanjo told the Sun that
anarchy looms in the country.
He emphasized that the
constitution foisted on the people had been the cause of the nation’s problems.
The elder statesman said that
Nigeria should be broken so that each group goes to its place and enjoy peace.
According to him, there has been
disobedience to rule and illegal detention of persons who speak out against the
government of the day.
“When a court gives an
instruction, and you don’t obey; when you ask people to be detained without
trial, you obstruct the rule of law? That is unfortunate,” Adebanjo said.
“We are moving towards anarchy,
except we want to deceive ourselves. The court that is supposed to be the
sanctuary of the common man has been desecrated, and yet the people who should
protest keep quiet. We are already in anarchy.
“Have I not been vindicated? I
have not changed from that position at all. Anarchy has taken over in this
country.
“We must return the country to
true federalism, where the regions should be autonomous, and let everybody be
ruled according to the dictate of his place, then, this culture of autocracy
and authority over everybody would be stopped.
“It is because of this culture of
autocracy that the president doesn’t want to do anything to change the
constitution.
“Since the president doesn’t want
to go back to a constitution we agreed on at independence, it is better
everybody goes to his area and enjoy peace.
“I have said it and I have
challenged him and he has not denied, and I said why should he hesitate to go back
to the constitution we had at independence, which was approved by Azikiwe,
Awolowo and Sardauna, and I said, he can never be more intelligent, more
educated than Sardauna, and he has not told us why he would not go back to that
constitution.
“So, what is the problem, if he
is serious about keeping this country together in unity, in peace? Let’s
restructure and go back to true federalism and every other thing is just going
round the clock.
“That is where I am; that since
it has turned this way, let this country break and let everybody go to his
place and have peace.
“I have told the president to go
back to the interview I had with Vanguard before he was elected and I have been
vindicated in all that I said in the interview.”
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