Nigeria has never been more divide than now –Soludo says as Igbo group meets Nnamdi Kanu in prison

Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has lamented that the nation is drifting to a failed state having been in the ‘Red Alert’ position in the global fail state index, saying Nigeria has never been more divided than now, Daily Trust reports. 
Soludo who spoke today, Tuesday in Abuja at the end of a meeting of some Igbo leaders under the auspices of Nzuko Umunna (literality meaning Gathering of Elders), also condemned the planned secret trial of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra(IPoB)Nnamdi Kanu and demanded his immediate and unconditional release.

He said the continued detention of Kanu is unacceptable and an abuse of the detained IPoB leader’s right to legitimate agitation.

He said the meeting was part of the outcome of their visit to Nnamdi Kanu and his associates currently in detention at the Kuje prison as part of a worldwide consultation process on the peace and development of Alaigbo/Nigeria.

Others who signed the communique of the meeting read by Soludo are Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, Chief Law Mefor, Rev. Fr. Jude C, Dr. Udenta Udenta, EbereOnwudiwe, Chief Emeka Ugwu-Oju, Dr. Ferdinand Agu, Chief Tony Nnadi, Dr. SamAmadi, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, Collins Ugwu and Chief Andy Wabali.

“We believe that Nigeria has all the potentials to be great and one of the most prosperous nations on earth. Like most countries of the world, it has its own internal contradictions, challenges of national cohesion and development.

Every country that has endured and prospered has devised a dynamic system for dealing with its internal contradictions.

“Nigeriahas never been more divided than now, with the agitations for self-determination becoming more strident and desperate.

"Most discerning patriots have come to the conclusion that Nigeria as currently structured and governed is unsustainable and drifting to a failed state status. Since 2005,Nigeria has drifted from a rank of 54th position in the global

Failed/Fragile State Index to 17th position in 2014 and now to a dangerous 13th position in 2016 (under the ‘Red Alert’ category of countries),” Soludo said.

Source: Daily Trust