Chairman, Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, says Nigeria should consider break up in 2114, two centuries after amalgamation.
He said since the people of the country were able to stay together for a 100 years (2014), they should be patient and see what happens in the next century then decided whether to split or not.
His words: “Agitation for a federal system is similar to agitation for true restructuring. I don’t think anybody has a right to pull Nigeria back. Lord Lugard who brought us together in 1914 and even made recommendations that Nigeria should be together for 100 years.
“In other words, we have passed that rope in 2014. 100 years over the bar recommended have matured. So, I don’t think anybody has a right to recommend a break-up now, until we do another 100 years. If we fail to do another 100 years and Nigeria fails to define a truly democratic restructuring then, we can break up.
“There is hardly any country in the world that does not have ethnic agitations. So, Nigeria is not in an embarrassing situation. It is what should happen in a country, that is fast growing”.
On the calls for restructuring, Fasehun noted that if the country cannot run a truly federal system of government, it should consider recommendations of the 2014 national conference.
On his involvement in the formation of a new party, Green Party of Nigeria (GPN), the OPC leader stated that the party has come into being.
Fasheun noted that that it is not a new platform and was registered to take part in the last 2015 general elections.
“I have sympathy for the GPN because I think the two major political parties (APC and PDP) in Nigeria have collapsed and you will require a middleman that will be truly democratic to save Nigeria from collapse.
“We have Orji Uzor Kalu, Donald Duke, Senator Joseph Waku, Mohammed Gwazo and a host of others at the first meeting. I was the only Yoruba person from the South-west. The GPN is not standing on rooftops, making unnecessary noises about who is there and who is not”, said the OPC leader.
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