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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