President
Muhammadu Buhari has told militants in the Niger Delta they have to accept that
Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable.
He
therefore urged them to change their minds and support a peaceful effort to turn
Nigeria around.
Buhari,
who spoke on Wednesday while receiving a cross section of Nigerians mostly
Muslims who came to his residence within the precincts of the presidential
villa to pay him Sallah homage, insisted that Nigeria’s unity remained non-
negotiable.
He
said: “We have to concentrate on the militants to try to know how many of them
in terms of groupings, try to get in touch with their leadership, to try to
persuade them to please give Nigeria a chance.
“I
assure them that when we were very junior officers, we were told by our
leaders, by the Head of State, which was Gen. Gowon, that to keep Nigeria one
is a task that must be done. We never thought of oil. What we were after is one
Nigeria. Please, pass the message to the militants that one Nigeria is not
negotiable. And I pray they better accept it. The constitution is very clear…I
assure them there would be justice.
“And
please persuade those who have plenty of money that does not belong to them to
try and negotiate, return it in peace so that both them and us will be in
peace.Otherwise we will continue to request”.
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