Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa) has alleged that some top officials in the current regime were holding meetings in their clans to sabotage the administration of President Muhammad’s Buhari.

Mr Adamu vented his stance when he hosted Tanzania High Commissioner to Nigeria, Benson Bana on Friday in Abuja.

“It is unfortunate to see a national leader, someone who has an opportunity to lead this country, propagating that everybody should go his way, then something is wrong.

“People are in this government, they will go to their parts of the country, hold meetings and paint the government black and then come back to be a part of it.

“This is wrong because it is contrary to the oath of office they have taken.

“So I think we should talk straight to one another that nobody has a monopoly on bad language or bad mouth.

“Maybe when we start talking this way to one another, we will be getting more sensible,’’ he said.

Mr Adamu also said calls for Nigeria’s break up are unrealistic because Igbo businessmen have more investments in the North than the South.

“I can tell you authoritatively that the investment of Igbo businessmen in this country is more in the North, than in the eastern region itself.

“I can also speak with authority. There are probably more Igbo people living outside the South-East than those living in the area.

“Now does it speak well of us when we start advocating that everybody should go back to his or her place?

“We are not being realistic with ourselves. I do not have a problem in democratic setting where you criticise me genuinely,’’ he said.

Mr Adamu said there was nothing wrong with criticising people but it should not be at the expense of the country’s unity.

“Let there be the spirit that we are brothers, we are one another’s keepers as professed by the Bible and the Qur’an,’’ Mr Adamu said.

He advised those beating the drums of war to desist.

“Those of us who are old enough to have seen the Nigeria Civil War will not pray for anything like that again.

“I do not want to leave this country. I do not know any other country, I am not dreaming about having any other country but Nigeria.

“So, anybody who does not want this country can go where he wants to go,’’ Mr Adamu said.

Sharing Mr Adamu’s sentiment, Mr Bana said that nation building in Africa had always been a process.

“It is not an event, disintegrating a nation is not the best option for Africa.

Mr Bana said Nigeria’s situation was similar to past experiences in Tanzania which he said is a union of two sovereign states -Zanzibar and Tanganyika.

“The journey for the union was not that smooth, many people wanted to know whether we can live with the union for a long time or there will be a point where people need to disintegrate,’’ he said.

Mr Bana cautioned that the amendment process of the 1999 Constitution was a sensitive issue that the country’s leaders must take seriously.

“Constitution making processes are processes that are sensitive, they should not fall into the hands of the wrong persons.

“They have to be protected, there should be boundaries,’’ he said.

(NAN)