Former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has said that
the northern part of the country is already taking action to leave Nigeria.
On their part, Ladoja said Southerners are talking so much
demanding Oduduwa Republic and Biafra Republic with fewer actions.
For instance, the former governor noted that a railway is
also already being considered to link the North to the Niger Republic and a
refinery might be built in Daura, Katsina State.
While speaking with journalists after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayer at the University of Ibadan Central Mosque, on Thursday, Ladoja warned against war over call for self-determination in the country.
He said, “Let us start with tolerance. At a certain level,
people will be talking, but we only know the beginning of a war, not the end.
Nobody will remember how the war in Syria started and it is still on for years.
And everything they built is being destroyed. So, I think we have to do it
softly. We have started democracy. We are not happy with the way it is going.
“But even Quran says there will be a time when God will give
you good leaders; there will be a time when the leaders that you are given by
God are not as good because He wants you people to see the difference. We
should assume that this too will pass. It started six years ago. In another two
years, it will go.
“If you are saying because of that you want to go or you
don’t want to go, who even tells you that the North is not even getting ready
to go? Let us look at it, people in the South are talking too much, and people
up North are acting too much.
“In Yorubaland, we talk too much. The North is also
preparing to leave and they are working at it. Do you think it is a mistake
that they are constructing a railway to the Niger Republic when we have not
built a railway from Ibadan to Kano, not even Abuja, and they said it is the
first place we are going to spend our money?
“Can’t the refinery in Kaduna be repaired? Why are they
saying they would build another refinery in Daura (Katsina State)? And they
would be bringing crude oil from the Niger Republic to the place. Don’t let us
deceive ourselves, maybe a time will come when all of us will sit down together
and separate peacefully.”
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