Nigeria will not separate; it’s not acceptable to us.
The national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has warned that Nigeria risks another war if it breaks up adding that the country is better as one.
Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, expressed this at a special Ramadan prayer in Lagos on Sunday.
Dignitaries at the Ramadan prayer include Chief Bisi Akande, members of Lagos Governor’s Advisory Council, State cabinet members, Oba of Lagos, Alayeluwa Rilwan Akiolu, and members of the business community, led by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, among others in Lagos.
There have been sustained calls for Nigeria’s breakup from both agitators of Biafra in the South East Region and Oduduwa Republic in South-West Region.
Tinubu, however, said secession is “not acceptable to us” and that he has nowhere to go if Nigeria breaks up.
He said the country cannot afford another war as it is still suffering the effects of the civil war.
“God will not allow Nigeria to experience it (war). If we say Nigeria should separate, people should remember what war caused in Sudan and Iraq,” he said.
“Such war does not end in time. We are yet to recover from the civil war. We are better together.
“I have nowhere I am going. Whoever has experienced war in the past will not pray for such. Nigeria will not separate; it’s not acceptable to us. Our prayer is for prosperity and more wealth for the country.”
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