By Innocent Anaba
LAGOS — Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has warned Nigerians not to support the hate speeches and campaigns by politicians, noting that the ordinary masses will lose more if the country goes up in flames as a result of the desperation of political class to cling power.
Agbakoba in a statement in Lagos, yesterday, said: “Day by day, hour by hour, there is increasingly a palpable fear amidst a clash of hate language by the politicians, about the general elections. We feel called upon to warn of the looming dangers and the need to avoid the potential cataclysmic eclipse. Our politicians are exploiting our diversities to satisfy their lust for power.
“We encourage Nigerians to disregard their greed and lust for power and do all to ensure the preservation of Nigeria. We are inspired by the recent statement of Omar Bagure, a patriotic Sierra Leonean, who has a warning for Nigerians, based on lessons drawn from the 11 year civil war of his country: “I don’t think you (Nigerians) know what you are playing with. You can call each other names and laugh about it now but when you end up inciting hate and a real civil war starts in your country you will regret what you are doing now.
“Your religious and political leaders are trying to divide you between religious lines and you are helping them do that rather than standing up and say we are all Nigerians, never mind our tribe, region or religion. That’s the only stand that will save your blessed nation. “The foreign powers pushing the government to take certain decisions will abandon you when you start killing one another and reject you from running to their countries so be careful.
“Our 11 year war in Sierra Leone was not even based on religious or tribal difference and see what we did to our country. The worst conflicts are those based on tribal and religious differences. See Central Africa, Bosnia and Rwanda. Stand as one and save your nation together because you have only one Nigeria that has the potential to lead Africa.” “No Nigerian can afford to ignore Omar’s warning. We can only do so at our peril.”
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