President Buhari yesterday asked agitators of
Biafra to forget the plan. Speaking with some
NYSC members, particularly those from the
south East, who paid him a visit at his home
in Daura, Katsina state yesterday, President
Buhari said
“Tell your colleaguEs “Tell your colleagues who want Biafra to
forget about it. As a military commander, I
walked from Degem, a border town between
the north and the east, to the border between
Cameroons and Nigeria.
I walked on my foot for most of the 30
months that we fought the Nigeria-Biafra
civil war, in which at least 2 million
Nigerians were killed. We were made by our
leaders to go and fight Biafra not because of
money or oil, because oil was not critical
factor then, but because of one Nigeria. So if
leaderships at various levels failed, it was
not the fault of the rest of Nigerians who
have no quarrel with one another. So please
tell your colleagues that we must be together
to build this country. It is big enough for us
and potentially big enough in terms of
resources. Those who work hard will earn a
respectable living. I have seen this country, I
fought for this country and I will continue to
work for the unity of this country,’’he said.
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