{"id":9871,"date":"2016-07-07T20:18:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9871"},"modified":"2016-07-07T20:18:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:18:43","slug":"nigeria-is-more-divided-under-you-afenifere-ohanaeze-tell-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9871","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria is more divided under you: Afenifere, Ohanaeze tell Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/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>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nigeria-map.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9844\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nigeria-map-300x224.png\" alt=\"Nigeria map\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nigeria-map-300x224.png 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nigeria-map.png 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and the pan-Yoruba socio-political body, Afenifere, have faulted President Muhammadu Buhari&#8217;s position on the unity of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari had on Wednesday told militants who have continued to destroy oil installations in the Niger Delta that the unity of the country remained non-negotiable.<\/p>\n<p>The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, disagreed with this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the President is a sincere man but he may not be reading the mood correctly. The country is divided under him than before. Amalgamation and armed dialogue are going on all around us over the unity of Nigeria which many sections perceive has treated them unfairly,&#8221; he said. \u201cTo continue to insist that the unity is not negotiable is aping that bird which buries its head in the sand and believes, because it is seeing nobody, it has become invisible too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><code><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53881&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53881&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Comp,B:Hp,Wk:2716,Dim:336X280]:Laptops\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n<p>The President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, agreed with Afenifere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe (Ohanaeze Ndigbo) believe that Nigeria\u2019s unity is negotiable. The principles and structures on the co-existence of the various nationalities that make up the country should be reviewed periodically,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, the structure that is in place is not in favour of everybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose that it is favouring are the ones who want the status quo to be maintained, but those it has not favoured, like the Igbo, are open to a negotiation of the country\u2019s unity.\u201d<br \/>\nPunch<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/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>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and the pan-Yoruba socio-political body, Afenifere, have faulted President Muhammadu Buhari&#8217;s position on the unity of Nigeria. President Buhari had on Wednesday told militants who have continued to destroy oil installations in the Niger Delta that the unity of the country remained non-negotiable. 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