Leader of the Pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Afenifere, Pa. Ayo Adebanjo on Thursday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to change the present 1999 constitution.
He said the constitution is not working and it would not work because it is not the constitution agreed upon by the founding fathers.
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Speaking during the 18th Daily Trust Dialogue holding in Abuja with the theme: “Restructuring: Why? How?”, Adebanjo who joined the event virtually said those clamouring about the 2023 elections do not love the country.
He said what is more important now is how to keep the country united which can only be achieved by changing the present constitution which he described as “fraudulent”; and replacing it with a truly federal constitution which gives each region of the country freedom and autonomy.
According to him, the current form of government and the constitution cannot work because of the multiethnic and multicultural nature of Nigeria. He said a truly federal constitution would give power to the federating units and propel their development.
He said, “Anybody opposing restructuring or a federal constitution wants to break the country. We are worse than we were before the civil war. The only thing that can bring us back is to scrap this constitution which is skewed against the South.
“This constitution must be changed now. Let us persuade President Buhari to restructure the country now because the way we are going now, I don’t believe in 2023. The question should be able how to keep the country together. Something must be done now.”
