Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that it is unjust to deny the Igbo people the opportunity to hold the presidency because of past secession attempts.
Obasanjo made this statement during a meeting with the League of Northern Democrats, led by former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta.
He noted that Nigeria’s three major ethnic groups – Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo – have all, at different times, made attempts to secede from the country.
He referenced the North’s strong push to break away through the Araba movement, and mentioned that his friend, Ahmed Jooda, had admitted to being involved in the plot.
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“I think all of us in Nigeria have to rethink… It bleeds my heart when people say because the Igbo had carried out a secession, an Igbo man cannot be the president of Nigeria.
“I say what nonsense? There is no section of Nigeria that has not planned a secession. What is ‘Araba’ in the North? The North planned to break up Nigeria. Ahmed Jooda, a very good friend of mine, said that.
“What is treasonable felony? So, who among us can say I am better than the other? None! So, let us put our heads together and build a country together,” he said.
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