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Insurgency Tearing Nigeria Apart – Monarch by msmon(m): 3:46am On Sep 21, 2014 |
By Oladele Ogunsola,Correspondent, Ibadan Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has expressed worries over the spate of insecurity in the country occasioned by the Boko Haram insurgency and its attendant consequences on the existing bond of brotherhood in the country. Oba Adeyemi spoke in London, United Kingdom (UK), during his visit to the country’s High Commissioner, Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, at the Nigerian House. The monarch, the first Nigerian monarch to be so received at the High Commission, spoke through a statement made available to journalists by his media aide, Fehintola Azeez. He asked: “What went wrong in Nigeria today that brothers are killing one another? “Nigeria was not like this before, what went wrong? Where did we miss it as a nation? “In the past, Nigerians were not afraid of engaging in inter-tribal marriages and there are numerous examples of so many successful marriages across the Niger. “But, that is fastly fading away because of lack of trust, tolerance and other mundane things at the detriment of a united Nigeria”. While reiterating the negative effects of the current insurgency on the corporate existence of the country, Adeyemi maintained that there was no way Nigeria could move forward in her march to greatness in an atmosphere of crisis and wanton destruction of lives and properties of fellow beings. The monarch commended Tafida, saying, “I read a lot about Your Excellency’s activities here to ensure peaceful co-existence between Nigerians and their host. ”Not only that, I’m conversant with how serious you are about the image of our dear country, Nigeria, and how you always ensure that we are globally projected in good light. “I can only say you keep it up while I congratulate Mr. President for having a man of your calibre here”, Adeyami posited. While welcoming the monarch and his entourage, Tafida described the visit as historic, saying, “today is memorable for us. “This is going to be the first time a paramount ruler will visit us, an outstanding and outspoken traditional ruler in Yorubaland”. He recalled his first encounter with Oba Adeyemi some decades ago when the Alaafin was appointed Amirul Hajj by the late Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed, noting that the monarch was the first traditional ruler to be so appointed in the history of the country by any government, and his tenure in that capacity had become a reference point since then. Tafida, who said he came to office as High Commissioner in the UK in 2008, underscored the visit as historic, noting, “Kabiyesi, we are your children. “We are here to serve you; we only receive Presidents/Heads of State here, not traditional rulers. But, yours is different. ”Your Majesty, you are first among equals. I have not officially welcomed any traditional ruler from Nigeria; this is first of its kind”, he said. |
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