{"id":57857,"date":"2017-05-25T17:54:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=57857"},"modified":"2017-05-25T17:54:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:54:53","slug":"biafra-50-lets-beg-biafran-agitators-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/biafra-50-lets-beg-biafran-agitators-obasanjo\/","title":{"rendered":"BIAFRA @50: Let&#8217;s Beg Biafran Agitators-Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for dialogue with Biafran agitators.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo speaking in Abuja <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_105525525\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span> at \u201cBiafra, 50 years After\u201d Event forum at the Shehu Musa Yar\u2019Adua Centre said &#8220;We should beg those agitating for Biafra that there is enough cake to share and that Nigerians must treat the country with care&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said the country\u2019s fundamental problem was that it had lacked a national leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never had a national leader. Our leaders at the beginning were mindful of their regions. That is our problem till today,\u201d he said. \u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI have maintained that the young officers who struck in 1966 were naive but there were some element of nationalism in some of them. Be that as it may, it set us back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the war showed the bad side of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe language used in the war did not help matters, the people on the Biafra side called us vandals and we called them rebels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought we would end the war <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_105525526\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in three months<\/span><\/span>, but it took us 30 months, and the federal side nearly lost it. \u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u201dCivil war is more difficult than fighting in a foreign land because we are fighting to unite.<\/p>\n<p>\u200e\u201d\u200eEven a soldier of mine who tried to rape a woman\u2026 I had to chase him with a gun. He did not succeed in raping the woman, and I did not have to gun him down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo said some of those agitating for Biafra today, lack an understanding of what it entails.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the people agitating for Biafra today were not even born then. They don\u2019t know what it entails,\u201d he said. \u200e<\/p>\n<p>\u201dBut I think, we should even appeal to those saying they want to go, we should not tell them to go, we should make them understand that there is enough cake to share. We should massage Nigeria just like in a love relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called for dialogue with Biafran agitators. 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