ONE of the leading voices in the South-West geo-political zone, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is the problem of the country because he has refused to restructure the country.

The elderstatesman also expressed fear that Nigeria may break up if she is not restructured soon, doubting the possibility of holding the 2019 general elections under the nation’s present structure.

Adebanjo stated this in an interview with Daily Sun Newspaper.

“As far as I am concerned, President Buhari is the problem of Nigeria. Any sincere leader that wants this country to stay in peace and ignores the question of restructuring, we should write him off. It means that such a leader does not either understand the problem of the country or he does not love the country. There cannot be development of any nature in the country without restructuring. Nobody should doubt that. The South and Middle Belt will not continue in peace under this obnoxious constitution and until the national question is settled, nobody should talk about a peaceful co-existence. And the fact that the Head of State who is supposed to be the president of all does not appreciate that fact means he is the problem of Nigeria,” he said.

When reminded that according to his party the APC, President Buhari has not completely shut the door against restructuring, but that he was only canvassing that the right process of restructuring the nation should be followed, Adebanjo pointed out that the president is talking about it is because the elections are approaching insisting that if the country is not restructured before the 2019 election Nigerians would continue to suffer.

“What is the right process; it is just because we are approaching another election. If restructuring is not done before the election, forget it. They will rig the election under the present system and Nigerians would continue to suffer if the system is not restructured. How many times has he promised to do it before an election? He promised it in 2007; he promised it in 2011 and he promised it in 2015, but what has he done. He is not reliable again; do not let anybody deceive you. We are in a country where the Fulani herdsmen are killing, raping women and burning people’s houses all over the country. Everybody has been complaining about that and you now deliver a New Year speech and you did not make any reference to it, about the solution to the problem.

“The people are carrying arms openly against the law of the country. You close your eyes and when some people complain, you send military helicopters to destroy them. Is that the way the president of the country should behave? And people are now saying give us a constitution that would give us freedom and that would allow every state to develop at its own pace, you say no. We say let us go back to the constitution that was handed over to us, you say no. Anybody still trusting Buhari is still deceiving himself. The recent broadcast really exposed Buhari that he really wants to rule Nigeria by force. And because he has all the instruments of his position, all the security officers are Muslims. But as I said, they believe in all these forces and all that but we believe in God and God is not a supporter of anybody who does not believe in justice.”

When asked if restructuring he is talking about is realistic now considering the fact that it is barely one year to the next general elections, he opined that if it requires postponing the election so be it.

He opined that the south west is not going to renege on it call for restructuring as that will be the bane of its voting pattern while going to the ballot box.

He described the president and his party as a big disappointment to Nigeria.

He also said the recently released $1 billion portrayed to be for tackling security across the country is for the election.

He advised Nigerians to rise up and have the country restructured restating that the country would break up if nothing was done about it.

GavelSlam:
Some people don't even understand separation of powers.

temptnow:
wetin concern separation of power here?

It's like they just taught you that in your secondary school class

GavelSlam:


Go school you no go.

It's not the remit of the executive to initiate the political restructuring of a nation.