Obasanjo
‘Biafra agitation is a dead, hopeless means of making money,’ Ex-president says
Obasanjo said further that the movement had been commercialized and had become a platform rather than a cause.
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has described the Biafra agitation as ‘dead’ and ‘hopeless.’
Obasanjo said further that the movement had been commercialized and had become a platform rather than a cause.
The
former president made the comments on Friday, January 15, 2016, while
delivering his keynote address at a public discussion on Biafra
organised by Nextier Advisory in Abuja, The Cable reports.
“Biafra as a secession issue is dead, and nobody should follow that way. I see it as a platform rather than a cause,” Obasanjo said.
“The
agitation was born in error and ignorance. There is the
commercialisation of the Biafran agitation, which is criminal – for
example, the issuance of sold-called Biafran passport which takes one
nowhere.
“Biafra agitation is as an
industry; a means of making money. Biafra agitation is a hopeless and
futile exercise of which nobody should embark on,” he added.
The renewed Biafra protests are believed to have been caused by the arrest and detention of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu.
President Muhammadu Buhari has however said that Kanu will remain in detention because he travelled to Nigeria without a passport among other offences.
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