A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has said the tension in the polity is too high ahead of the 2027 elections in the country.
Attah disclosed at the weekend during the commissioning of a N102 million asphalt overlay road in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The one kilometer road with drainages on both sides was single handedly funded by former All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim.
He said the project would improve the health, social and economic well-being of the people of the community.
Speaking with newsmen after the inauguration of the project, the former governor said, “Nobody should attempt to go into election with this constitution in 2027. This is because the tension is too high and we need to resolve all the problems facing us”.
He said Nigeria doesn’t have a nation and presently lacks national or economic policies, adding that the present system needs to be changed.
“That is all I am preaching, it’s not about insecurity, health or economic issues but we have failed to develop the country into a nation with common shared values.
“Nobody can be forced into a union and told to form a country and they will agree to stay. Until we have a constitution that Nigerians prepared for themselves and are using with shared values, equality, equity and justice, believe me, we can (ruin) this country”, he noted.
Attah, a frontline leader in the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, expressed regret that the country was in the trajectory of development until the 1966 coup which led to the suspension of the constitution.
He said unlike in the past when it took the country seven years to fashion out a constitution from 1953-1960, it won’t take 6 months this time around.
“We can do it and until we do it, and I want us to do it so that there will be an election in 2027.
“But at the moment if you attempt to go into election with everybody complaining about INEC, insecurity and several other issues of disagreement, you would ruin the country because the tension is too high”, he submitted.
In his remark, Olawepo-Hashim urged politicians to prioritise development of their communities adding that the “project is our token of love and show of gratitude to God. That is why we are giving back to society.”
Tucked inside the belly of Ifedolapo community in Ilorin, the state capital, residents say the project is in addition to the constant helping hands of Olawepo-Hashim to the community.
