Despite the growing fear of a possible break up of
the country by 2015, former Head of State, General
Abdulsalami Abubakar has reassured that Nigeria
cannot split.
He said those drumming for disintegration of the
country will be disappointed as the umbilical cord of
the federating units cannot be separated.
According to Abdulsalami, “God has joined us
together. Whether you break Nigeria into pieces, we
will remain joined by our umbilical cord. No matter
what happens our umbilical cord is still there. We
will live together either as neighbors or as
communities.”
Abdulsalami who expressed this optimism while
fielding questions from newsmen in Minna called on
Nigerians to decide on what they want the country
to become.
“The issue is what do we want to become? Do we
want to be a fire fighting nation where we always
find ways of quenching the fire? Do we want to
have a united nation? All Nigerians have to do is live
together in peace and harmony. We must all join
hands to bring peace and security to the nation.”
On security challenges facing the country, the
former leader stated that the security of the nation
cannot be left in the hands of government alone as
everyone has a role to play.
He called on the public to pass relevant information
regarding security to the authorities as most of the
perpetrators live within the midst of the people
while calling of the security agencies to protect their
source of information to enable them get more
relevant information.
Abdulsalami also berated those engaged in oil theft
urging them to search their conscience and turn a
new leaf, describing them as unpatriotic.
“It is sad that some people are unpatriotic. They
think they are getting their share by stealing
whereas they are not. I want them to search their
conscience to see if they are doing the right thing
and turn a new leaf so that we can have a peaceful
and developing country”.
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