{"id":79047,"date":"2021-03-07T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=79047"},"modified":"2021-03-07T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T16:03:10","slug":"nigerias-frightening-inter-ethnic-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/nigerias-frightening-inter-ethnic-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s frightening inter ethnic relationship\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1693587579338326595\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Dr Doyin Okupe<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">THERE ARE FRIGHTENING DEVELOPMENTS IN INTER ETHNIC RELATIONSHIPS IN NIGERIA THAT HAS GONE TOO DEEP TO BE IGNORED.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">IT DRIVES A POLITICAL TWO-EDGED SWORD INTO THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE NATION. IT IS FAST ERODING THE ENTRENCHED PILLARS OF UNITY THAT HOLDS US TOGETHER.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">THE INTERLACING CEMENT THAT BINDS US ARE BEING WASHED AWAY AS RAIN REMOVES MUD FROM A SURFACE. THE NAKEDNESS OF OUR NOW SEPARATING BUILDING BLOCKS IS NEARLY VISSIBLE ALL ROUND.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A SUMMIT OT ETHNIC NATIONALITIES IS AN URGENT INEVITABLE POLITICAL IMPERATIVE.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">USUALLY FROM HISTORY, IN THIS SITUATION, PEOPLE PRESENTLY IN GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS AND WEALTHY ELITES AND THOSE WHO ARE \u00a0SOCIOECONOMICALLY WELL POSITIONED, \u00a0ARE THE LAST TO NOTICE THESE DANGEROUS CLEVEAGES.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0THIS NOTIFICATION, THEREFORE WILL CERTAINLY BE IGNORED BY THE POWERS THAT BE TO THE POTENTIAL PERIL OF THE NATION.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ORGANISE THIS ALL IMPORTANT SUMMIT, THEN LET WELL MEANING NIGERIANS AND LOVERS OF THIS GREAT NATION CONSTITUTE THEMSELVES AS FACILITATORS OF THIS EVENT.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">IF INDEED THERE ARE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS NATION , THIS IS THE TIME TO STEP OUT.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">THIS IS NOT AN ANTI GOVERNMENT MOVE, IT IS NOT A PROTEST, SO NO ONE NEEDS BE AFRAID OF RUNNING FOUL OF THE LAW. THE PRESENT IMPERFECT CONSTITUTION STILL GUARANTEES FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">EVEN IF WE NEED TO SEPARATE, LET US COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS IT. LET US DETONATE THIS FESTERING BOMB UNDER A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A SECOND CIVIL WAR IS UNDESIRABLE AND ITS DESTRUCTIVE EFFECT IS BETTER IMAGINED.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ALL PLANS AND ASPIRATION TOWARDS 2023 WILL COME TO NOTHING AND ABSOLUTE NOTHING IF WE DO NOT HALT THIS DANGEROUS SLIDE AND DESCENT INTO ANACHY AND CHAOS.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD LEAD US RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT OF SEVERE NATIONAL STRESS IN JESUS NAME.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>By Dr Doyin Okupe THERE ARE FRIGHTENING DEVELOPMENTS IN INTER ETHNIC RELATIONSHIPS IN NIGERIA THAT HAS GONE TOO DEEP TO BE IGNORED. 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