Nigeria Can’t Afford Another Civil War, Everyone Both Rich And Poor Will Suffer – VP Osinbajo

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has warned that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because everyone both rich and poor will suffer.

Osinbajo stated this at an interactive forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants, organised by the state chapter of ‘APC patriots’ in Abuja.

He said that Nigeria may experience a big conflict if the elites fail to speak the truth and take action to address the situation in their immediate communities and country.

“The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing countries, is that it is usually a war without end,” he said.

“Everyone who thinks he has some monies stored up somewhere will eventually run out of money. Everyone who thinks he can go and hide somewhere won`t even find a place to hide, at the end, everyone will suffer.

“Even if you don’t suffer, parents, children, young and old people and relations will suffer. We cannot afford a war in this country, we can`t afford it.”

“I pray that our country will never know conflict, but I know that every conflict is as a result of elite failure to speak up the truth and tell the truth to their communities.

“At the end of the day, it is the political elite that determines what happens in every society. Keeping quiet could lead to a more dangerous situation.

“If we don’t speak up against disunity, if we keep quiet and remain under the radar, the enemies of peace and those who want to promote disunity will have their ways

“And when this happens, we will find ourselves running helter-skelter,” Osinbajasasid.

He, therefore, urged political elites in the country to always speak up and stand for something in the interest of the country and the general public. He maintained that keeping quiet is a great danger.

KanyiDaily recalls that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had also warned the elites to stop fanning calls for Nigeria to break up.