Southern Leaders Forum comprising leaders drawn from the South-East, South-South, and South-West have faulted President Buhari's statement on the meeting and conclusion reached between him and the late Biafra warlord Col Odumegwu Ojukwu that Nigeria's unity remains non-negotiable and therefore final.
The leaders of the above-named region reminded the President that in as much as they believe in the unity of Nigeria but nothing is finally settled in this life.
Reacting to Buhari's nationwide broadcast after a meeting by the leaders in Lagos, Nigeria, the leaders insisted on the restructuring of the current political system, saying this is the only panacea to the sustainable unity of the country.
In a communique issued at the end of the meeting by Chief Edwin Clark, Chief A. K. Horsfall (South- South); Chief Nnia Nwodo and Prof Joe Irukwu (South- East) while Chief Reuben Fasoranti and Chief Ayo Adebanjo signed on behalf of the South- West the Southern Leaders urged the President to demonstrate statesmanship in taking the country out of the woods.
Other South-South leaders at the briefing included Prof. Banji Akintoye, Col. Tony Nyiam, Chief Supo Shonibare, Dr. Amos Akingba, Otunba Gani Adams, Chief Guy Ikokwu, Dr. Walter Ofonagoro, Ambassador (Prof.) George Obiozor, Prof. Joe Irukwu, Tony Uranta, Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, Denzil Kentebe, Obafemi Ayo Adebanjo and Efiye Bribena.
Other South-South leaders at the briefing included Prof. Banji Akintoye, Col. Tony Nyiam, Chief Supo Shonibare, Dr. Amos Akingba, Otunba Gani Adams, Chief Guy Ikokwu, Dr. Walter Ofonagoro, Ambassador (Prof.) George Obiozor, Prof. Joe Irukwu, Tony Uranta, Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, Denzil Kentebe, Obafemi Ayo Adebanjo and Efiye Bribena.
Commenting on the threat to henceforth treat "hate speech" as "terrorism" by the Federal Government, Southern leaders said that could be a “veiled threat to bare fangs and commence the criminalization of dissenting opinions in the country's national discourse. Experience worldwide has shown that any attempt to deal with dissent by force usually drives it underground which makes it much more dangerous and difficult to deal with. We should have learnt a lesson or two from Boko Haram which was an open organization before the state drove it underground and we are still under its reign of terror despite official claim that it has been "technically defeated" or "degraded”.
The leaders blamed the current agitations not on Buhari but they said it was fueled by the lopsidedness in the appointments and recruitments in government.
“As elders who believe that it is better to seek solutions to problems, we appeal that we must engage in social engineering fully aware that globalization has made it very difficult to use repressive tactics to repress opinions.
“Mr. President deploys the imagery of the late Chief Emeka Ojukwu to play down the demand for the renegotiation of the structure of Nigeria by saying they both agreed in Daura in 2003 that we must remain "one and united".
“While we agree with them, the meeting between the two of them could not have been a Sovereign National Conference whose decisions cannot be reviewed. The fact that we agree on their conclusion that we should remain united does not foreclose discussions of the terms and conditions of the Union.
"The claim that Nigeria's 'unity is settled and not negotiable' is untenable. Every country is daily dialogue and there is nothing finally settled in its life.”
The leaders blamed the current agitations not on Buhari but they said it was fueled by the lopsidedness in the appointments and recruitments in government.
“As elders who believe that it is better to seek solutions to problems, we appeal that we must engage in social engineering fully aware that globalization has made it very difficult to use repressive tactics to repress opinions.
“Mr. President deploys the imagery of the late Chief Emeka Ojukwu to play down the demand for the renegotiation of the structure of Nigeria by saying they both agreed in Daura in 2003 that we must remain "one and united".
“While we agree with them, the meeting between the two of them could not have been a Sovereign National Conference whose decisions cannot be reviewed. The fact that we agree on their conclusion that we should remain united does not foreclose discussions of the terms and conditions of the Union.
"The claim that Nigeria's 'unity is settled and not negotiable' is untenable. Every country is daily dialogue and there is nothing finally settled in its life.”
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