Truth at last! Nigeria is a country of diverse nations. There is possibility of breakup - Buhari

Truth at last! Nigeria is a country of diverse nations. There is possibility of breakup - Buhari

General Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that Nigeria is a country of many diverse nation with possibility of breaking up. Speaking in South Africa Buhari stated that despite the possibility of some ‘crazy people’ trying to ensure the breakup of the country for selfish reasons, Nigeria will remain one indivisible country. "We are actually people of different cultures but since 1914, we have merged. . ."

Buhari Spoke in Johannesburg, while meeting with the Nigerian Community there.

“I was afraid Nigeria might be like Somalia. The Somalis are the same people they are all Muslims but because the elites are self-centered, selfish, they have succeeded to make Somalia a war country for the last 20 years.

“For that reason I said Nigerians are much more vulnerable, we have so many nationalities no matter how you look at it, Hausa-Fulanis, Kanuris, Itsekiris, Yorubas, Igbos. We are actually people of different cultures but since 1914, we have merged in spite of religion and culture, married across, produce children and only crazy people can think of balkanising Nigeria. But we are not short of crazy people that is the frightening part of it."

[So General because for e.g many Fulanis/Hausa's have married from Niger and Cameroon etc they should be in the same country? Is that logical? A country is not formed through marriage and children but built around same cultural values system. Nigeria has no common value system and can NEVER be one no matter how hard you try!].

However, this admittance is quite significant because for the first time a Nigerian leader publicly acknowledged that Nigeria is not a nation!

Speaking on why he joined politics, Buhari said he wanted to meet the expectations of the teeming masses of the people who had continued to troop to him to request for one favor or the other.

Buhari stated that though he would have wished to be president at a much younger age, he would still do his best to ensure that the country is moved forward.

He regretted that ‘strong men’ have destroyed institutions in Nigeria but promised that his administration would do its best to ensure that institutions bequeathed to the country by the British colonial leaders were restored.