Those People Alleging Marginalisation Have Hidden Agenda, Says Uba

The former President, Catholic Brothers United, Lagos, Mr. Vincent Uba, has asserted that those Nigerians who are alleging marginalisation have a hidden agenda. Uba said such Nigerians were merely using marginalisation as a disguise to agitate for secession.

Uba called on Nigerians to shun hate speech as well as other unlawful conducts that can threaten national unity and peaceful coexistence of all citi- zens irrespective of their religion or ethnicity.

He made the call in a press release titled ‘In One Nigeria I Stand’ made available to THISDAY, in the wake of the recent clamour for secession as well as the widespread rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari has plans to Islamise Nigeria.

While remarking that the outcry of marginalisation in certain quarters of the country was not new, Uba maintained that right from Nigeria’s independence, there have been cries of marginalisation from every section of the country; hence the clamour for secession from Nigeria.

“The clamour for Biafra has become so rampant. The social media, which is awash with this Biafran clamour, is now a medium to disseminate lies, insults and negative propaganda against Buhari government,” he wrote.

He also observed that during the colonial era, colonial masters were accused of favouring a particular section of the country. In his view, those who fan the embers of marginalisation are the ones who have hidden agenda. “They are hiding under the umbrella of marginalisation to clamour for secession from Nigeria,” he claimed.

On the recent massacre at a Catholic Church in Anambra, he observed that the sad occurrence was reportedly a fallout of communal feud between rival individuals which was peddled in the social media to be caused by Jihadist Muslim groups.

He advised the federal government to bear true allegiance to Nigeria and the constitution and avoid paying lip service to protecting the sovereignty of Nigeria.