Nigeria’s unity not negotiable – Oshiomhole

The Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said yesterday that the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable in spite of the challenges.
Speaking during the Independence Day celebration at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, the governor said no amount of acts of sabotage will lead to the negotiation of the nation’s unity, as no nation in the world is perfect.
“I am one of those who believe and I am not reluctant to say that the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable. The unity of Nigeria cannot be re-negotiated. It is not whether it is perfect or not perfect. I know of no nation that is perfect, and our elite must rethink; if things go wrong as Karl Marx taught us, the masses will have nothing to lose. The political elite will have everything to lose. All of us must put the national interest over and above personal interests.
 “Our political frustrations cannot be an excuse to sponsor people to sabotage the economy, breaking pipelines and resorting to carrying arms to intimidate the state. The Nigerian state cannot be intimidated,” he said.
He called on Nigerians to stand by President Muhammadu Buhari in his efforts to rebuild the country.