Abuja and Lagos — Southern leaders drawn from the South-west, South-east and South-south geopolitical zones have collectively expressed their strong opposition to the position taken by President Muhammadu Buhari in his national broadcast on Monday.
The leaders, who converged on the Colonades Hotels, Ikoyi, Lagos, Wednesday to take a stand of the president's broadcast, said in a statement titled, "Only restructuring will ensure the unity, peace and development of Nigeria," and jointly signed by Chief Edwin Clark and Albert Horsfall for the South-south; Chief Nnia Nwodo and Prof. Joe Irukwu for the South-east; and Chief Reuben Fasoranti and Chief Ayo Adebanjo for the South-west, that Nigeria was in a "very bad shape and requires statesmanship in its leadership".
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