Emmanuel Udom
President
Muhammed Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja told militants from the Niger Delta
region, that the sovereignty of Nigeria is not negotiable
This is
coming even as militants are still threatening fire and brimstone over
perceived marginalization of the region by government and have continued to
attack and burst oil pipelines and other facilities in the region.
It was the
then General Yakubu Gowon, former military head of state that coined the none negotiable
toga for the country, as a way of trying to unite Nigeria.
Speaking on Wednesday while receiving a cross section of
Nigerians mostly Muslims who came to the presidential villa to pay him Sallah homage, President Buhari asked the
militants to accept that fact and support peaceful efforts to turn Nigeria
around.
He also used the occasion to
call on all those who stole public funds to quietly return it before it is too
late.
His words: “We have to concentrate on the militants to
try to know how many of them in terms of groupings, try to get in touch with
their leadership, to try to persuade them to please give Nigeria a chance.
“I
assure them that when we were very junior officers,
we were told by our leaders, by the Head of State, which was Gen. Gowon, that
to keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done…We never thought of oil.
What we were after is one Nigeria. Please, pass the message to
the militants that one Nigeria is not negotiable. And I pray they better accept
it. The constitution is very clear…I assure them there would be justice.
“And
please persuade those who have plenty of money that does not belong to them to
try and negotiate, return it in peace so that both they and we will be in
peace. Otherwise we will continue to request”.
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