The Alake of Egbaland in Ogun State, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, has called on proponents of secession in Nigeria to shelve the idea, insisting that if Nigeria fails as a country, the entire black race has failed.
Adedotun spoke when he played host to the National President of the National Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Alhaji Musa Muhammed Maitakobi; the Chairman of RTEAN in Ogun State, Alhaji Titilayo Akibu (Efele), and other members of the association in his palace in Ake, Abeokuta.
The visit was part of activities marking the one year anniversary of Akibu as the state chairman of RTEAN in Ogun State.
Maitakobi had earlier commissioned a multimillion naira mosque, built in the premises of RTEAN secretariat in Abeokuta by the Akibu-led administration.
The first class monarch said those beating the drum of war in the country are not only calling for chaos in Nigeria but in Africa at large.
The monarch said Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic differences, political or religious affiliations, must work together for the greater good of the country, insisting that Nigeria is better as one united nation than breaking up.
Alake’s advice is coming on the heels of the declaration of Yoruba nation and Southwest secession from Nigeria by Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho.
The first class monarch said Nigeria cannot afford to go through another civil war, stressing that no country in the world will be willing to have over 250 million Nigerians as refugees.
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