The Aare Onakakanfo (chief war lord) of Yoruba land in the Southwest, Chief Gani Adams has made it clear to the United States of America that Nigeria has grown beyond resorting to war for whatever reason.
Chief Adams, who received a two-man team of officials from the US Embassy in Lagos, led by the Political Officer, Shashank Iyer, in his Lagos home today, July 1, warned that if Nigeria should go to war today, it would affect other countries of the world.
“It is not in the world’s interest for Nigeria to go to war. The world will be affected.
“With a population of over 200 million, every part of the world will feel the disintegration of Nigeria.
“So what we are seeking for is for your government to prevail on Nigeria’s government to restructure. Most of our problems will be solved in four years once restructuring takes place.
He insisted that the solution to all the crises bedeviling the country lies in restructuring the polity, adding that the country’s numerous problems will be resolved within four years if the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration agrees to restructuring.
“To save this country, the only way is to accept the report of the Constitutional Conference of 2014 or revert to the 1963 Constitution. As it now, no zone is peaceful anymore.
“Even in Katsina, the President’s state, two traditional rulers were kidnapped without trace till today.”
Aare Adams said that the US had helped Nigeria before now with the restoration of democratic rule in 1999, even as he commended the former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, for the role he played.
He said that without such intervention, a revolution is imminent in Nigeria, adding: “lessons from Ilorin and Lokoja in the past when the Fulanis came to require for land for their cattle are imperative. They gradually took the place over. The same happened in Plateau and Southern Kaduna.”
