“Nigeria Has Already Broken Up Spiritually,” Says Ex-Presidential Candidate, Mailafia
Obadiah Mailafia, a former presidential candidate, stated on Friday that Nigeria has already broken up spiritually and that if no action is taken, the country will soon break up physically.
During an interview with Punch, the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed this.
He went on to say that it is unnecessary to argue that the country has been a failing state for more than five years.
The Yoruba Nation in the southwest and the Biafra Republic in the south-east have both been called for.
Growing insecurity, a deteriorating economy, discrimination, ethnic prejudice, a lack of justice, fairness, and equity, particularly in the distribution of resources, and appointments to high government offices, among other factors, have been cited by some secessionists as reasons for wanting their own country.
Obadiah when asked on Friday of his view on the secessionists’ calls in the country, Mailafia said, “Do you want an honest answer or do you want a political answer? The honest answer is that the country is already broken up spiritually.
“Talk to any Nigerian. Do Nigerians feel that they are part of the same country right now? We have become strangers to each other.
“It is just like marriages. People start fighting each other and the other one doesn’t see anything good in the other. The divorce only comes much later but, in the spirit, you would have divorced a long time ago before the ramshackle marriage ends up in the court where they sign papers for divorce.”
