The Guardian (Nigeria)

Break Up, Military Rule Not Solution For Nigeria’s Problems, Oshiomhole Insists

- From Adamu Abuh, Abuja

FORMER National Chairman of the ruling All Progressiv­es Congress ( APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has faulted calls for the break up of the country.

Oshiomhole, who spoke when members of the Law Students Associatio­n of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, also frowned at those clamouring for the return of military rule in the country.

He acknowledg­ed that there were teething challenges bedevillin­g the country, but argued that Nigeria would be better off as presently constitute­d than if allowed to disintegra­te along the lines of the wishes of secessioni­sts in the country.

The former governor of Edo State maintained that the heterogene­ous nature of the country coupled with its 200 million population remains a source of socioecono­mic and political strength in the African continent.

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