Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said Nigeria has already broken up spiritually.
According to him, if some drastic measures are not taken, the break up will soon become evident physically.
Mailafia stated this on Friday while featuring on a PUNCH Live interview programme.
There have been agitations in Southern Nigeria with some persons clamouring for Yoruba Nation, Biafra Republic, amongst other typologies and nomenclature used by secessionists.
When asked on Friday of his view on the secessionists’ calls in the country, Mailafia said, “Do you want a honest answer or do you want a political answer? The honest answer is that the country is already broken up spiritually.
“Talk to any Nigerian. Do Nigerians feel that they are part of the same country right now? We have become strangers to each other.
“It is just like marriages. People start fighting each other and the other one doesn’t see anything good in the other. The divorce only comes much later but, in the spirit, you would have divorced a long time ago before the ramshackle marriage ends up in the court where they sign papers for divorce.”