Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari during an interview with Newsweek Magazine, to dialogue with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to curb the secessionist agitations instead of the deployment of soldiers in the South-East.
Obasanjo said “I don’t see anything wrong in that (Buhari meeting with Kanu). I would not object to that; if anything, I would encourage it. I would want to meet Kanu myself and talk to people like him, people of his age, (and ask) ‘What are your worries?’ Not only from the South-East but from all parts of Nigeria.”
Obasanjo, who led the final offensive that brought the civil war to an end in 1970, said he had seen too many wars and it was time for Nigeria to move on. He said, “Those who fought in the war in Biafra will not want to fight any other war. I fought in that war and it was an unfortunate war and I said I had fought one war too many in Nigeria; I don’t want to see another.
“The heavy boot is not the solution. I believe also whatever may be the frustration of any youth in any part of Nigeria; I believe secession is not the solution.”
He however stated the need to “satisfy the youth in job creation, in wealth creation, in giving them a better, fulfilled life, in giving them hope for the future. There’s no easy way out”.
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Obasanjo, so you want to dialogue with criminals and lawless people? What kind of a person are you? Why do not you dialogue with Al Shabab, Daesch and other terror groups? It's scary that he caliber like you will lower herself/himself to deal with low lives. A ba. He has no class of any sort, if allowed he will talk with a rapists.