Listen To Us, If You Don't Want Nigeria to Break to Pieces: Afenifere, Ohaneze Tell FG
- There is a need for the country to have a brand new constitution according to Afenifere, Ohanaeze and other socio-cultural groups
- The groups who made the call include Afenifere, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Middle Belt and the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU)
- Going further, the groups urged the federal government to listen so as to avoid the country breaking into pieces
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Abuja, Nigeria - A strong message has been sent to President Muhammadu Buhari by the leadership of some major socio-cultural groups from the southern and middle belt part of the country.
The message is this: If you don't want Nigeria to break into pieces - start listening.
According to the groups, there is a need for an emergency national conference. The leaders said this would lead to the emergence of a new constitution and restructuring of the country.
The groups who made the call include Afenifere, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Middle Belt and the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU).
Going further, they said there is a need to discuss the unity of the country, while also noting the possibility of reversing the current challenges in the country and preventing Nigeria from breaking into pieces.
According to the groups, all the federal government needs to do is listen and implement the recommendations they are putting forward.
President of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife spoke on behalf of Afenifere and Ohanaeze respectively.
Also speaking, the leader of the Northern Consensus Initiative, Dr Awal Abdullahi, said:
“The North before now was saying we don’t believe in separation but as I’m standing, I’m telling you that if there’s going to be separation tomorrow, the North is ready for it, we’re also ready, let’s go our different ways and I’m telling you this with all sincerity.
“Northern Nigeria before now did not want to hear anything separation, but as at today, as I speak to you, the North is equally ready. What I’m saying might be controversial, but I’m speaking the mind of northerners and I have no apology to anyone in this hall.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, identified the 1999 Constitution as the nation's problem saying he cannot stay under the current structure Nigeria operates.
Adebanjo who made the remark during a zoom event on Sunday, May 23, described the 1999 Constitution as fraudulent. While reiterating that restructuring will solve all insecurity issues in the country, Adebanjo called for a new constitution.
The Afenifere chieftain also insisted that he does not want secession, adding that governors have no powers over the police. He lamented that those who are in the position of arresting killer-herdsmen are the people protecting the suspects.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, discouraged the calls for secession by some groups in the country.
He described the calls for secession as unacceptable. Mohammed made the statement on Thursday, May 20, during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) held in Bauchi state.
The minister who joined the programme virtually urged Nigerians not to allow current challenges to jeopardise the country’s unity.
Source: Legit.ng
