{"id":15939,"date":"2017-09-16T21:36:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T21:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=15939"},"modified":"2017-09-16T21:38:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T21:38:11","slug":"biafra-buhari-must-meet-with-nnamdi-kanu-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=15939","title":{"rendered":"BIAFRA: BUHARI MUST MEET WITH NNAMDI KANU &#8211; Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nigeria\u2019s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari must meet with the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu before violence between the army and separatists escalates into a full-blown conflict.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo Obasanjo speaking in London, with\u00a0Newsweek said that \u201cI don\u2019t see anything wrong in that (Buhari meeting with Kanu). I would not object to that;\u00a0if anything, I would encourage it,\u201d \u201cI would want to meet Kanu myself and talk to people like him, people of his age, and ask \u2018What are your worries?\u2019 Not only from the southeast but from all parts of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=14394&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Obasanjo further said that the Nigerian Army\u2019s \u201cheavy boot\u201d response to pro-Biafra sentiment is \u201cnot the solution,\u201d but adds that the secession craved by IPOB is not the way forward either. \u201cWe need to satisfy the youth in job creation, in wealth creation, in giving them a better, fulfilled life, in giving them hope for the future,\u201d says Obasanjo. \u201cThere\u2019s no easy way out. \u201cThose who fought in the war in Biafra will not want to fight any other war. \u201cI have fought one war too many in Nigeria;\u00a0I don\u2019t want to see another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15940\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-40x40.jpg 40w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo-75x75.jpg 75w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/obasanjo.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari must meet with the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu before violence between the army and separatists escalates into a full-blown conflict. 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