Nigeria Heading Towards Self-Destruction, Ex-President Obasanjo Warns

19 May 2019

Warri — Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Saturday warned that Nigeria edged close to the precipice of destruction, saying urgent measures are needed to pull the country back. Obasanjo said all the indices of political collapse were evident in the country, including corruption, insecurity, and lack of faith in the electoral system.

The former president spoke in a paper titled, "Mobilising Nigerian's human and natural resources for national development," which he delivered at the 2019 Synod of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, held at Oleh, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.

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