STATE OF THE NATION: Southern, Middle Belt leaders meet Danjuma

Leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, on Monday described Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as currently facing Armageddon war following wanton killings of citizens.

Armageddon, according to the Bible, is a final war between good and evil at the end of the world.
It was used by the leaders to describe the situation in Nigeria when they visited the Asokoro residence of former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (retd) on Monday.

The leaders who were led, by a former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, urged Danjuma to help the country from the Armageddon that has befallen it.

Details of the meeting which held behind closed doors was revealed to newsmen at the end of the meeting by president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo.

He said, “We are consulting all the important people in our polity. You saw us at the National Assembly speak to leadership of the Senate a few months ago.

“General TY Danjuma is an elder statesman and a non-partisan politician. He is retired from both political and civil service obligations, but he remains a very strong neutral voice in our country and to let him know that Armageddon has befallen us, given the quantum of bloodshed that we waste on daily basis and the lack of strong political direction regarding the solution.

“This Forum has decided to have an outreach to all personalities in the country who can bring influence to bear on our polity so that peace and unity return to the country.

“This is the objective of our visit today. We had very useful discussions and as a father, he has promised that he will do everything within his power to ensure that he continues to be a voice of reasoning and a voice of reconciliation.”

On whether the vexed issue of ranching was part of their discussion, Nwodo said, “There is no reason for it to arise because it is part of the general issue that we raised regarding the instability in our country and the waste of blood.

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“We did not seek his specific reaction on any of these points. We just wanted to bring to his attention the issues that we represent and our worry that the nation is sliding into chaos and we needed him as an elder statesman to advocate the voice of reasoning diplomatically and quietly and now it becomes necessary to ensure that we do not go into instability.’’

The leaders at the meeting included Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Air Vice Marshal Idongesit Nkanga, retd; Chief Olu Falae; Air Commodore Dan Suleiman; Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife; Prof. Banjo Akintoye; Chief Broderick Bozimo; Yinka Odumakin, Dr. Alfred Mulade; Dr. Bitrus Dogu; Col. Tony Nyam, retd; Lady Maryam Yunusa and Mr. Ben Dike.

 

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