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Act fast on north’s readiness for peaceful separation of Nigeria – Obidigbo to Tinubu

Elder statesman, Chike Obidigbo, has described as very remarkable, the story that the north is now ready for Nigeria’s division into its constituent parts.

Recall that a highly respected and distinguished northern leader, Prof Ango Abdullahi, had recently said that Nigeria’s amalgamation instrument has expired and that the country should consider going their separate ways.

Obidigbo said this statement showed that history beckons for a separate homeland for Igbo in the light of renewed antagonism against them by powerful elements in both the North and Southwest.

He further pointed out that the recent nationwide protest organised by youths of this country brought back the same old worries that have always bedevilled Nigeria, thereby exposing the nation’s pretentious patriotism.

According to him, those in authority can only be pretending that what he described as Nigeria’s forced union is not a time bomb that threatens to blow up at the slightest provocation if we fail to act in a civilized manner to settle this undying rift amicably

“So, I was tickled few days ago by the opinions shared by the acknowledged and vocal northern elder and former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ango Abdullahi,” he said in a statement he personally signed and made available to the media on Monday.

He said for this to come barely a few days after a Yoruba group announced the decision to start a protest to chase Igbo away from Lagos State and Southwest with neither strong cautions nor arrest made, shows that Nigeria is due for retirement.

“Permit me to say that Prof. Abdullahi merely repeated what many have been saying for a long time,” he added.

“I totally agree with the erudite Prof, but I will still plead to be allowed to hold onto my personal belief that Nigeria is far too big for one black person to rule profitably and successfully.

"argument has been that we black Africans lack the detailed exposure, mental capacity, integrity and objective mind to preside over the affairs of such huge geographical contraption made up of people with diverse socio-political and cultural backgrounds.

“The hardship protest has therefore exposed the fault lines such that even the two-nation-in-one delineation could no longer survive, despite the recent attempts by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his supporters to belatedly interpret his Emi lokan mandate as the turn of the South.

“As the hardship protest showed that the marriage between Tinubu’s Southwest foot soldiers and the North has broken down, efforts to unite the South began as a safeguard to the Northern political insurrection.

"But sadly, the support of Southeast, which was denied consideration in 2023 after the North and Southwest’s repeated access to the Presidency, is now being courted or vilified for not taking active part in the hardship protest.

“Now that Prof. Ango Abdullahi says the north is ready for a split of Nigeria, I wish to thank him for waking up to the reality of the times, barely 14 months after the north left the Presidency.

"The spokesman for the northern think tank, has suddenly realised that the veritable index that Nigeria is ripe for Balkanisation is that other Nigerians may have realised the futility of continued bandwagon.

“Based on this new thinking in the north, I wish to support the challenge posed by the internationally-acclaimed Prof. Ango Abdullahi that Nigerians should come together to discuss how to share what remains as assets and liabilities of the expired amalgam, Nigeria.

“We, as Igbo have been experiencing marginalisation until it matured into total exclusion and demonization of everything Igbo. It is therefore interesting that the north is complaining merely fourteen months after being out of power.”

He said the conspiracy and selfish exclusion of the Igbo have come back to hurt what it describes as the British contraption called Nigeria so much so that the Fulanis, who are holding the country in trust for Britain, have started clamouring for the right thing to be done for sake of administrative efficiency and good governance.

“It is obvious that the north is pained that Tinubu may have tricked them into supporting his ambition to be President, even when they knew that it was actually the turn of either South East or South South to become President in 2023.

"It is possible that some of the northern leaders were blinded by either greed or hatred for Igbo, to support Southwest to become President again after the zone had enjoyed 16 cumulative years as President and Vice President, leaving Igbo totally out of the political equation.

“Some Northwest governors that supported Southwest to produce President Tinubu, may have felt disappointed when Senator Kashim Shettima was nominated as Presidential running mate and Vice President, which in my opinion, helped to balance political opportunity between Northwest and Northeast.

"It is therefore unfortunate that till date, those leaders have not seen the political wisdom or patriotic need for Southeast to pair with Northeast after the Northwest and Southwest had just served out eight years.”

Source : https://dailypost.ng/2024/08/12/act-fast-on-norths-readiness-for-peaceful-separation-of-nigeria-obidigbo-to-tinubu/

This man talks too much

Na una talk say SW people dey fear North but na still una dey always talk about wetin North fit do

Even on NL and Twitter, I'm yet to see any Notable SW person talk about this unseen "fight" but those wey no be cowards,no be even dem the North go fight o, but na dem dey create thread dey talk about the Northern power pass

Talk about real-time projection of your fears on others

Who no get ideas for this world. But If na so things dey work, everybody is supposed to be rich or??

C h a i..




Tueh,,

Ahhhhh! Wonderful call

We igbos can't wait 🙌 we urge the oduduwa and arewa nation to also support this call. It is ultimately for the betterment of our people collectively.

Let them stop being afraid of separation, we won't die if we separate but we could be dead if we continue the way we have this past 70 years

PS:

The last time such a motion was raised in the house 70% of the northern politicians supported the call BUT NOT ONE SINGLE POLITICIAN FROM THE SOUTH WEST GAVE THEIR OWN SUPPORT TO IT

Goes to show who the REAL UNITY BEGGARS are doesn't it?

Good morning 🙏

DevilsEqual:


This man talks too much

Na una talk say SW people dey fear North but na still una dey always talk about wetin North fit do

Even on NL and Twitter, I' yet to see any Notable SW person talk about this unseen "fight" but those wey no be cowards,no be even dem the North go fight o, but na dem dey create thread dey talk about the Northern power pass

Talk about real-time projection of your fears on others

Are you afraid to face the North?
Coward

The day the north will call for the separation of Nigeria,it wouldn't even take up to a month before that dream of theirs will come to pass ..

The way Dem take hold the whole Nigeria blokos needs to be studied by other parts of the country wishing for secession.

everybody don turn adviser

this people from south east self we no really kw where them belong to

they want separation today pleading tomorrow

The country should seperate in peace, there will be alot of development. This one Nigeria is a big scam. Each region will be able to hold their leaders if they are underperforming.

hhhyh

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Tinubu will ignore this warning.

One of the best things that can happen to Nigeria is for the north to go separate ways with the South

Another attention seeking clown

See what an elderly fellow had to say and felt like he has spoken wisdom. Sigh.

argument has been that we black Africans lack the detailed exposure, mental capacity, integrity and objective mind to preside over the affairs of such huge geographical contraption made up of people with diverse socio-political and cultural backgrounds

Since he personally lacks the above, why should anyone take anything he says seriously?

May all the enemies of Nigeria be punished.
They all will never end well in this life as long as God lives.
No be curse.
Na FACT.

The day the north truly decides to separate from Nigeria. That's the day this failed state will end.

These people are just stupid. I wonder where their sense of reasoning is. They thought some people will suffer if Nigeria destingrate. They forget that men have been living even before the advent of oil. They want the country to destingrate just for their selfish interests. we all know that their eyes is mainly on Niger delta oil and all their aims is to attach themselves to them just to colonize and manage their wealth. But they won't find it easy at all cos everyone is awake these days to their gimmick. Even if there is separation today, they will suffer the most cos we all know they have nothing.

Make south go form our country in peace. Ekpa/KANU/ipob go form them own, arewa, oduduwa GI go in peace

Edon set.

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Just restructure. There's too much drama already.

Hmm

If there's one reoccurring theme among both the Obidient and their ipob Siamese twins, it's for the breakup of Nigeria..


The reasons for this is simply because they feel that with a divided Nigeria their annexation plot over the Niger Delta will meet little or no ressistance.

This is why the likes of gidgiddy are more committed to breaking Nigeria into its initial composite makeup so as to restart their Ibo expansionism into the Niger Delta.

You can see this with the idiot in the original post salivating over a northern exit.

This is where it gets murky.

They have shown their expansionism with Anioma state creation and their unrelentless attempts to claim SS as theirs and theirs only.

North goes and I will assure them that SS will never ever be in any way or form yoked to the SE

I support the motion.

Nigeria is the only country in the world where citizens can't understand each others. Mk we divide this damn country into four countries.

Or change the constitution to the 1963 McPherson constitution. The best we've had!!

The almagam expired in 2014.


Now, taking a look at the events that had taken place since 2015 till date, one will realize that Nigeria is not different from a dying horse 🐴. There's absolutely no agreement that's is binding all tribes in Nigeria living together currently.


At first, the dollar hit N1700 in 2015 as a sign but we ignored it.

SmartyPants:
See what an elderly fellow had to say and felt like he has spoken wisdom. Sigh.

argument has been that we black Africans lack the detailed exposure, mental capacity, integrity and objective mind to preside over the affairs of such huge geographical contraption made up of people with diverse socio-political and cultural backgrounds

Since he personally lacks the above, why should anyone take anything he says seriously?

This is the same black Africans that had Empires bigger than Nigeria. We should not blame those that sees nothing good in blacks when an elder is saying this