Fani-Kayode Speaks On Restructuring, Says Obasanjo Position Is In Minority

By Toba Ajisafe

 

 

A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo as a small minority to condemned ‘Restructuring’

 

Kayode who was among leaders that attended Yoruba Summit on Restructuring held in Ibadan said though he respects the former president but against his position on restructuring of Nigeria.

 

Kayode who stated this on a radio programme monitored by OSUN DEFENDER reporter in Osogbo on Friday said restructuring is panacea to many problems facing the country.

 

According to him, “Many of us believed that if that is not done, this country will break up and what will happen is that the cry for establishment of Oduduwa Republic will far more in pronouncement. This can’t be stopped unless we dissolve power from the central, it will erode the thought that some are slaves while others are kings.

 

He said “We are talking about the emancipation of the Yoruba nation, we (Yorubas) has been cheated humiliated, jailed and insulted by the same people over and over again. Those people killed Awolowo, Abiola and they incarcerated Obasanjo; when he even became the President, they push Sharia law on him, same people established Boko Haram, they turn the Vice President to coordinator when the president was not around because they don’t believe in anybody in the country, they believe their own Nigeria.

 

“We need to have a self-autonomy and we must be emancipated as people so that we can be able to achieve our full potential and that is why we are fighting for, doing it constitutionally, lawful, reasonable and rational manner and agitate for restructuring of the federation.

 

He said, “What we resolved in the communiqué yesterday as Yoruba nation is that we need to have restructuring based on regional line.

 

“Let us have the control of our destiny, move our people forward to greater height. Nigeria as a country we are greater than many nations in the world.

 

“Yoruba nation has taken a position on restructuring because we don’t have federation in Nigeria

 

However, Fani-Kayode condemned Federal Government on the said war declared on hate speeches.

 

He alleged that, All Progressives Congress is the architect of ‘hate speeches in Nigeria, they convened against former president, Goodluck Jonathan by engaging spite words against him.

 

“The blood that is running in their vein, preaches hatred.

 

They wanted to suppress freedom of speech by declaring war on ‘hate speeches. If they want to stop hate speeches the need to lead by example and we all going to start from there. He noted.