It is not fair to blame only the Igbos for attempting to secede from Nigeria — Obasanjo.
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that it is not fair to blame only the Igbo for attempting to secede from Nigeria.
This is as the former Nigerian leader said the country’s three major ethnic nationalities had at one time or another attempted to break up the nation through secession.
The elder statesman recalled that there was a strong move by the North to pull out of Nigeria through what he called the vehicle of Araba.
“I think all of us in Nigeria have to rethink… It bleeds my heart when people say because the Igbo had carried out a secession, an Igbo man cannot be the president of Nigeria. I say what n3nsense? There is no section of Nigeria that has not planned a secession.
What is ‘Araba’ in the North? The North planned to break up Nigeria. Ahmed Jooda, a very good friend of mine, said that. What is treasonable felony? So, who among us can say I am better than the other? None! So, let us put our heads together and build a country together,” he said.
