AGREE OR DISAGREE? Ex-President Obasanjo Reveals Ethnic Group That Will Suffer Most If Nigeria Breaks Up AnkarawomanMay 6, 2021

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, has berated ongoing agitation for Nigeria's break up, stressing that such clamour is selfish and insensitive.

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According to him, minority ethnic groups will be at the receiving end of the disintegration as they will be oppressed and eliminated by the larger ones -- Igbos, Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani.

Obasanjo conveyed his distaste for any possible break up on Wednesday when he played host to the Tiv Professional Group (TPG) from Benue State, in Abeokuta.

The former president recalled a discussion between him and “a military friend” who, according to him, has described major tribes in the country as selfish and not sufficiently caring for the minority groups.

Obasanjo, who aligned with his friend’s opinion, expressed worry over what would become of the minority groups if the major tribes decided to secede and begin to operate as separate countries.

“If the Yoruba can stand as a country, if the Igbos and the Hausa/Fulani can stand as separate countries, where do we want the minority groups to be?

“Now, by virtue of the present situation, they are a little bit protected, but if Nigeria breaks up, they will be oppressed and exterminated,” he said.

He recalled the meetings he had with a number of socio-cultural organisations in September 2020 and noted that nobody at such meeting talked about disintegration or breakup, saying that “all they clamoured for was a change for good.”