The National Coordinator of the Coalition of
Northern Politicians, Academics,
Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid
Mohammed, has criticised the call for a
sovereign national conference, saying the
proponents of the conference are asking
for another civil war.
In an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH,
Mohammed said the conference would not
solve the problems of corruption, illiteracy
and poverty facing the country and noted
that such national conferences had yielded
negative results in countries such as Niger
Republic, Benin Republic, Rwanda, and the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
He said, “The most spectacular failure of the
national conference system is that of DR
Congo. DR Congo is a big country with big
problems. It’s a classical example of what
you call a failed state. They held a sovereign
national conference with so much fanfare.
At the end of the day, what they had was
not only a coup but a revolution.
“So, I have news for those who believe
national conference is the panacea for the
problems of Nigeria. Most of the problems
of Nigeria today are contextual problems.
The sovereign national conference in
Nigeria will not solve the problems of
corruption, illiteracy and poverty. It will not
give an honest and realistic government
and it will not give a sincere and
responsible revenue allocation formula.
These are the problems of Nigeria.
“No country, so far, has disintegrated
peacefully. What they are asking or
demanding is that we go through another
civil war. If they want that, they are more
than welcome. But they should be man
enough to come out and say we want to
disintegrate this country and we are
prepared for the consequences. The first
consequence is war; the second is the
attendant consequences of war. We don’t
have anything to fear.”
Mohammed argued that the North had far
more advantage over the South, when it
comes to war, stating that any set of people
who attempt to disintegrate the country
would be crushed in the way of Biafra.
“The last time the Igbo carried out their
own coup, in which they killed people from
other ethnic groups and there was
retaliation and they started talking about
war, we had war. Who lost? They did.
Over one million lives were lost and over 90
per cent of them were Igbo. And the people
who instigated the Igbo to go to war were
Lagosians. When they took up the
challenge, these people withdrew from
them. If they want that now, I wish them
good luck” he said.

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Hmmmmmm.
I dey fear o.
If this Sovereign National Conference holds and the Boko Bombers or any other sect attack. It's gonna be devastating o.
Personally, I don't know if breaking up would solve our national issues. But Nigeria's problems are no enormous and difficult to handle. Worst-the problems get bigger day by day!
SMH. God deliver us.

When bold men speak, they dont mince words.
In as much as i dont support war, such position should be taken by notherner(s) to remind some pple threatening war in the south e.g asari dokubo ,that nobody has monopoly of violence/war. D north cant be cowed!
We've tried so many things that worked in other countries, they failed here in nigeria. So, what do u expect to happen if we do that has failed in other countries ?
Like he said, our problems are contextual and can be solved by popular and common solutions; stop corruption and injustice, and everything wil spontaneously return to d position they rightfuly belong.

Is it by force to marry somebody?

Let's come together and state how we exist, by the way what is the north afraid of?