Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has pledged his allegiance to Nigeria.
He said be won’t align with the move for secession by Oodua Nation crusaders despite being a Yorùbá Man.
The former president spoke when a delegation from the League of Northern Democrats led by Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano State visited him at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
He said: “It is high time we began working for the national interest. Yes, you have identified your group as the League of northern democrats but how I wish you called your group the National League of Democrats because where you come from should not be a problem.
“Where I was born should not be the enemy of my being a Nigerian. It will be greater to be a Nigerian than to be a member of the Republic of Oodua.
“I am undoubtedly proud to be a Yoruba but my being a Nigerian should not be the enemy of my being a Yoruba.
“We must get the best man for the job. It doesn’t matter where he comes from. We must get our acts together.”
Recall, freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho, submitted a petition to the government of the United Kingdom (UK) regarding the Yoruba Nation a while ago.
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