The National Leader of the Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, Edwin Clark, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, consult with other Leaders of Nigeria who have been active since he was in the Military, while giving his opening remarks at the Expanded meeting of the Forum, in Abuja, on Sunday, adding that, Nigeria stands the risk of totally collapsing, if the country is not restructured quickly, Page 36 learnt.
His exact words: “The purpose of this meeting is very clear. Where are we going in Nigeria? Some are asking for secession, others for a breakup, others are running a unitary system of government.
“Time is moving fast and there is the need to state our position very clear to Nigerians. Mr. President is not an emperor. Mr. President is not a king. Mr. President is not a monarch; he is a Politician. He should come out and meet some of us who were here even when he was an ordinary Soldier. This country belongs to all of us; the North alone cannot rule this country, the South alone cannot rule this country.
“What the National Assembly has been doing is fraudulent. For five years now, they have amended the (1999) Constitution five times; they spend N1 billion every year, and nothing comes out of it. As Governor Fayemi said, it is fraudulent.
“Any amendment on the 1999 Constitution, we have no confidence in it. We must restructure Nigeria. If we do not restructure Nigeria, Nigeria will die. Without restructuring, we are going nowhere.”
