Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to dialogue with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to curb the secessionist agitations instead of the deployment of soldiers to the South-East.

Obasanjo said this during an interview with Newsweek Magazine.

Ironically, Kanu, had in the past called Obasanjo an “evil man”.


The former President said, “I don’t see anything wrong in that (Buhari meeting with Kanu). I would not object to that; if anything, I would encourage it.

“I would want to meet Kanu myself and talk to people like him, people of his age, (and ask) ‘What are your worries?’ Not only from the South-East but from all parts of Nigeria.”

Obasanjo, who led the final offensive that brought the civil war to an end in 1970, said he had seen too many wars and it was time for Nigeria to move on.

He said he believed that enough dialogue had not been done by both the government and several groups.

The former President, however, said secession was not the answer.

“Those who fought in the war in Biafra will not want to fight any other war. I fought in that war and it was an unfortunate war and I said I have fought one war too many in Nigeria; I don’t want to see another.

“The heavy boot is not the solution. I believe also whatever may be the frustration of any youth in any part of Nigeria; I believe secession is not the solution.”

The former president, who was also military head of state from 1976–1979, said economic development in the country was the only way to solve the various agitations across the country.

Some Igbo leaders have complained that President Buhari, who hails from northern Nigeria, has prioritized the development of other parts of the country to their detriment.

“We need to satisfy the youth in job creation, in wealth creation, in giving them a better, fulfilled life, in giving them hope for the future. There’s no easy way out,” he said.
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Buhari is already meeting with him in the form of a python.

ceeroh:
Buhari is already meeting with him in the form of a python.

hahahaha .. You are funny... That means a python must be killed and sacrifice it to Lala on Nairaland alter .

KingMicky3286:


hahahaha .. You are funny... That means a python must be killed and sacrifice it to Lala on Nairaland alter .

This particular python go hook lala for throat ooo

Dialogue with Nnamdi KANU is the best answer to this uprising.
Remember this is how Boko Haram escalated when Yusuf their leader was killed. Same with the killings of the Niger Delta frontiers in the past.

That's why Umaru Musa Yar'dua remains the best. May his soul finds solace in the heaven. He granted those guys amnesty. Then peace returned to the area.

Obasanjo, political

we dnt dialogue with a LUNATIC HUNCHBACK TERRORIST

ipobarecriminals:
we dnt dialogue with a LUNATIC HUNCHBACK TERRORIST

'Nigeria is bad' is because of people like you.
Young man, be civil for once in your miserable life.

able88:

'Nigeria is bad' is because of people like you.
Young man, be civil for once in your miserable life.

tell that to elder in ur house if u have one.