Opinion
OPINION: Does Buhari Want Nigeria To Remain One? By Umar Hassan
That 2 of the 3 major tribes are actively clamouring for their own separate nations is in itself a failure for the Buhari administration. What makes it even more pathetic is how the government has made available an enabling environment for such agitations to fester and escalate to a point where we may just be fighting a civil war this October instead of celebrating our 57th independence.
Like i always say,President Buhari’s promise of placing those who voted en masse for him on a higher pedestal than those who didn’t breathed legitimacy into the Biafra and Ijaw nation struggles and as such,he is contributorily culpable of foisting this sad predicament upon us.The yorubas are the latest to join the train.
To take the loudest and perhaps more righteous of the struggles,after more than 31 non-ministerial appointments by this administration,the South-East was still waiting for its first.Add the lopsided appointments,Nnamdi Kanu’s incarceration contrary to court orders and the fact that the Minister of transport still hasn’t appeared before the Senate to defend the non-inclusion of a single South-Eastern state in the proposed rail projects and you have how Buhari justified the agitation for a Biafran state and won more converts for it.
I had planned to write on the need for nigerians to demand updates on the efforts being made by our law enforcement agencies to apprehend Yerima Shettima,the Arewa Youth Council Forum and his gang of hoodlums that issued the satanic ‘Kaduna declaration’ asking ibos resident in the northern states to vacate by October 1st but that was before the Presidency,with utter disregard for the possible consequences of doing such, released an Eid el Fitr audio message by President Buhari in hausa.The sheer insensitivity to the current climate of the polity is shocking.Perhaps the non-arrest and prosecution of Yerima and co. is not entirely down to the inefficiency of our system but due to the fact that they enjoy sympathy from the ‘very top’.The call for their arrest by the FG appears now more than ever, a means of disguising that.
Its regrettablle, to say the least, that at a time when all government efforts should be geared towards preserving the unity of this country, our president is exhibiting divisive tendencies.A coalition of yoruba groups have towed the path of the biafrans by advocating for an Oodua nation just in case they are also asked to vacate the north and it baffles me that our president doesn’t think that a delicate situation requiring caution.That the president thought the earlier written goodwill message insufficient but felt the need to follow it up with an audio message in hausa arouses suspicion.It appears more a deliberate attempt to further heat the polity from a rational stand point.
The reason for the audio according to some reports,was that the President’s media team was in a hurry to debunk rumours his speech had been impaired but that doesn’t make sense.If anything,the audio does more damage than good in that regard as anyone who has heard President Buhari speak before has to know the voice on that audio tells that the President is very ill.His speech really has been impaired and i don’t see any reason why Buhari’s media aides would try to disprove an obvious truth.The Arewa youths have come out to reiterate their ibo quit notice stand after the order for their arrests by the FG and Kaduna state governments and one is now bound to think they had long been assured of their untouchable status before we even started suspecting.
The unity of this great nation is sacrosanct and its sad to watch our leaders fan the embers of disintegration in these dire times.Does Buhari really want us as one?.
Umar Sa’ad Hassan is a lawyer based in Kano. He tweets @alaye26
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Afunwa Akanaba
July 5, 2017 at 11:01 pm
Stupid question, folk u
Jude Ike Godin Zoin
July 3, 2017 at 2:38 pm
No he dont want it
Alaeto Bright Chimezie
July 2, 2017 at 7:06 pm
Nigeria have divide since there killing innocent people
Josaphat Agba
July 2, 2017 at 1:31 pm
Killing people will not make us one,appointment by one tribe can never make us one, what will make us one is Divide the nation let every one go and feed themselfs.
Esomchi Prince Echem
July 2, 2017 at 11:00 am
https://youtu.be/3OVB6aVSaKo
Iyke Uzochukwu Noble
July 2, 2017 at 10:32 am
And who is buhari to decide for the people?
Marvelous Chuks
July 2, 2017 at 9:38 am
God isa just at work, because it is time for His people , the choosen to be free.
Kings Brandon Brandon
July 2, 2017 at 8:25 am
This country can never be one
Evang Abel Success Abel
July 2, 2017 at 7:21 am
No
Thankgod Chinke
July 2, 2017 at 7:17 am
Which buhari the living one or dead one
Chizoba Kings
July 2, 2017 at 6:56 am
The ghost worker divided the zoo himself!
Adamu Yusuf
July 2, 2017 at 6:50 am
Ur fader biafra
Stephen Chukwudi
July 2, 2017 at 6:46 am
Which buhari ?
Biafra Uche
July 2, 2017 at 6:44 am
dead man don’t talk or write. Cabals ask!
Lugard Sydney Luggy
July 2, 2017 at 2:46 am
Obiefuna Udoka
July 2, 2017 at 1:23 am
He should resign
Onye Maechi
July 2, 2017 at 12:40 am
No !
Kelechi Mbamalu
July 1, 2017 at 11:50 pm
God is wonderful..never u drag whot does not belong to u,,buhari is a typical example.buhari draged power and bcome powerless.he want ONE Nigeria but no where to be found in Nigeria.in ur next world u will never try Igbos again.he who say he can do without Igbos invite frustrations in his live..even if u jail Kanu there are many other Kanu.u will never enjoy Aso Rock till u are no more.every other Aboki can be there no wahala but buhari…NO WAY!
Alfazazi Abubakar
July 2, 2017 at 6:45 am
Who Is Kanu
Ahaneku William
July 2, 2017 at 6:55 am
Kanu bu nna gi @ Akfazazi Abubakar
Kelechi Mbamalu
July 2, 2017 at 7:04 am
Nwanne ino dia
Nkem Ojei
July 1, 2017 at 10:22 pm
Usman Hassan you are a rare gem. It’s not common to see a northerner being sincere the way you are here. Thank you.
Chijioke Nwa Jioke
July 1, 2017 at 9:45 pm
It is true Buhari I learnt the true definition of foolishness.
Kelechi Mbamalu
July 1, 2017 at 9:43 pm
Ba Turenci
Uscar David
July 1, 2017 at 9:19 pm
Are you asking us or are you asking the dead Bugari?
Jorge Ville Reixa
July 1, 2017 at 9:14 pm
One thing I know is that detectors free themselves why they slave others and Buhari is one sorry Nigerian
Felix Ndu
July 1, 2017 at 9:08 pm
How can? impossible, when he started with unknown policy of 97% northernazition and the rest region 5% , he has buried Nigeria before he set out his first step in governance
Ihezuo Nwabugo
July 1, 2017 at 9:07 pm
Usman Mohammed, Nigeria remained invisible state till eternity, and not indivisible.
Ihezuo Nwabugo
July 1, 2017 at 9:04 pm
It does not matter what he wants
Chibueze Loveday Adindu
July 1, 2017 at 9:02 pm
He has already divide us.
Prince Nonso
July 1, 2017 at 8:55 pm
97% $ 5%
Obinna Okeke
July 1, 2017 at 8:54 pm
No! He made his points by giving the Northerners 97% in Government share and other regions 5%.
Star Eberechukwu
July 1, 2017 at 8:52 pm
from his family his is never united
Mary Rose Njideka
July 1, 2017 at 8:49 pm
Him nd his house hold
Omotayo Jegede
July 1, 2017 at 8:47 pm
Buhari dont want nigeria to remain has one
Stanley Johnmartin
July 1, 2017 at 8:45 pm
Untill He wake up from the grave and speak….ghost worker like Buhari
Usman Mohammed
July 1, 2017 at 8:45 pm
Nigeria remained indivisible state till eternity
Chukwuebuka Ozokpo
July 1, 2017 at 8:44 pm
Who kias
Onoja Abel Jimmy
July 1, 2017 at 8:43 pm
Nawaooo
Chinedu Stanley
July 1, 2017 at 8:43 pm
Na only him and his family
Muhammad Ibrahim
July 1, 2017 at 8:41 pm
Oho!