When Breakup Is Not An Option

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo declared on Tuesday that the factors that triggered Nigeria’s civil war were still active, noting that the country still faces the potential of yet another war. Receiving some documents and eyewitness accounts on the ‘Asaba Massacre’ from Chief Chuck Nduka-Eze at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the former president noted that everything possible must be done to avoid a recurrence. Obasanjo, who said he could not provide a detailed account of the Asaba incident as it was under the command of his former boss, the late former Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed, noted that General Yakubu Gowon had publicly acknowledged and a...