The Senior Special Adviser to the President, Garba Shehu has stated that his principal, President Buhari can not be bullied by secessionists.
This statement was made by the presidential media aide while speaking at an event organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday April 20.
Garba accused secessionists of being the problem of the country and further added that Buhari can’t be intimidated into giving them money.
He also commended socio-political groups like Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo for their stance against disintegration.
Shehu said;
“You can’t intimidate Buhari; you can’t bully him. A lot of these people who are calling for secession are the problem of this country. I am happy that reasonable voices are now rising.
“Is it not only yesterday we read about Afenifere — the most credible faction of Afenifere — saying ‘we’re not for secession’? Ohanaeze Ndigbo said this over and over again.
“So, this thing about secession is they had used it in the past. You create secession and break up Nigeria and then you intimidate the sitting leader and then he opens the vault and he brings money to settle people.
“President Buhari will pay no one. He is not going to pay, and now it is clear that having ignored all of that, reasonable opinions are coming from those states and from those regions.
“The governors in the south-west — we have all heard them — they have denounced all of these things.
“So, it’s a sham. Nigerians want to be one. They want to continue. Yes, there are problems and we are hoping that as people united and loving of one another, we will come together and solve our problems.”