Nigeria’s Unity Non-negotiable, Break Up Will Be Resisted – Tinubu

• “Whoever has experienced war in the past will not pray for such”

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says disintegration of Nigeria portends serious danger for the country.

Speaking at a special Ramadan prayer in Lagos on Sunday, Tinubu said Nigeria risks another war if it breaks up nothing  is better as one country.

There have been perennial calls for Nigeria’s balkanisation from both the agitators of a Biafran government and other aggrieved citizens.

But Tinubu said secession is “not acceptable to us” and that he has nowhere to go if Nigeria breaks up.

The former governor of Lagos added that the country cannot afford another war as it has not recovered from the effects of the civil war.

“God will not allow Nigeria to experience it (war). If we say Nigeria should separate, people should remember what war caused in Sudan and Iraq,” he said.

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“Such war does not end in time. We are yet to recover from the civil war. We are better together.

“I have nowhere I am going. Whoever has experienced war in the past will not pray for such. Nigeria will not separate; it’s not acceptable to us. Our prayer is for prosperity and more wealth for the country.”