A former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, says the country is on the brink
following the statements by the trio of Afenifere, Ohaneze Ndigbo, and Northern
Elders Forum that the unity of Nigeria is negotiable.
Recall that the trio of Afenifere, Ohaneze Ndigbo, and Northern
Elders Forum spoke independently yesterday at a public lecture themed,
‘Nationalism and nation-building in Nigerian history,’ held at Lagos, on the
unity of Nigeria being negotiable.
The Northern Elders Forum’s Director of Publicity, Dr Hakeem
Ahmed, had said, “Some Nigerian political leaders have said Nigeria’s unity is
non-negotiable. I don’t know who these people are, but I can tell you they are
not of the North and they are not related to the NEF. “Nigeria’s unity is
negotiable.
On his part, the President of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo , Prof.
George Obiozor, said, “Nigerian unity is definitely negotiable and must be
re-negotiated for it to stand or survive the test of time.”
However, Fani-Kayode said the statements by Nigeria’s three
major ethnic groups revealed that all is not well.
Taking to his Twitter handle, he wrote, “When Afenifere,
Ohanaeze and the Northern Elders Forum go to a conference, as they did
yesterday, & say the unity of Nigeria is negotiable it means we are on the
brink. And this just before an election in which each of the 3 largest tribes
are presenting candidates? God help us.”
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