There was an air of shock and astonishment at the North-East Forum for Unity and Development (NEFUD) which held in Bauchi after the Convener of the summit, Alhaji Bello Kirfi, said that the North should pull out of Nigeria and take ‘our destiny in our hands’.
But for the quick intervention of the former army chief Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, who called Kirfi to order, the situation would have degenerated even further. Said Danjuma after the statement was made “As someone who went to the war front and survived it, I must warn that this statement be withdrawn immediately."
The summit which was called to promote unity in the Northeast zone of Nigeria was however shunned by all the governors of the zone as well as leading politicians like former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
Former Minister of Finance and leader of the Northern Political Leaders Forum, Malam Adamu Ciroma was however in attendance.
After the call for the withdrawal of the statement, Kirfi said it had been withdrawn for the meantime meaning that it could be out forward again.
It would be recalled that some politicians from the North had been bitter over the emergence of a Southerner as President in the person of President Goodluck Jonathan and one of them, Alhaji Lawal Kaita, had in 2010 promised that the North "would make Nigeria ungovernable" should Dr. Goodluck Jonathan win the election of 2011.
- naija pundit.
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