Three civil society organizations in the Niger Delta, described governor WIKE’S unconditional support for the unity and indivisibility of what they described as a defective federal structure that favours only a section of the country as unacceptable.
The groups identified as the Niger Delta Security Watch Organization of Nigeria, Ijaw People Development Initiative, and Foundation for Human Rights and Anti- Corruption Crusade, in a joint statement by their leaders, DICKSON BEKEDEREMO, AUSTIN OZOBO and ALOWEI CLERIC, respectively noted that the unity of Nigeria does not exist.
The groups said the unity and indivisibility of Nigeria exists only in a piece of document called the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999.
They said a united people rather see themselves as an egalitarian society other than creating the feudal system where a vast majority of Nigerians are made to beg alms from the feudal lords.
They also noted that a united people will not celebrate ethno-religious killings where some people are religiously bound to kill others with impunity.
The groups questioned if there is any unity in Nigeria where it said only a particular section is qualified to rule the country while others are regarded as second fiddle citizens.
They said until the North come to the realization that the country needs one another to co-exist in Nigeria, the unity of Nigeria remains negotiable.
