Nigeria sickness started a long time ago says Al-mustapha

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief
Security Officer to late head of state,
General Sani Abacha, has attributed the
current unrests in the country to
institutional decay, saying only
institutional revolution would restore
sanity in the system.

He spoke yesterday evening during the
secon Christian/Muslim interactive
engagement on Peace, Unity and Justice
organised by the President of Christian
Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor.
On the occasion, Pastor Oritsejafor stated
that with Muslims and Christians
resolving to tolerate and respect each
other’s faith, the ongoing national
conference had great potentials of
providing lasting solutions to the
problems bedeviling Nigeria.
Al-Mustapha, who was at the one-day
conference, at the invitation of CAN,
stressed that people had to understand
that the country was not like it used to be
when some disgruntled elements used
religion to cause problem and got away
with it.
He said, “Nigeria is indeed sick and it did
not start today. Our faith speaks and that
is the anchor point. Our problem is that of
mutual suspicion, lack of understanding
and in a way, greed, naira speaks.
“Whether we like it or not, Nigeria
deserves institutional revolution for it to
be. Revolution in what sense? Tolerance,
knowledge, understanding, statemanship,
commitment and honesty irrespective of
who and where. We must learn to speak
the truth, it does not matter who is
involved”, he said.
While expressing satisfaction with the
ongoing national conference, Oritsejafor
said Nigerians were all pursuing justice,
equity, love and understanding “which will
ultimately usher in lasting peace in
Nigeria”.
The CAN president expressed the
optimism that the confab would usher in
lasting peace in Nigeria, if all people
including the duchess He said the confab
would usher in lasting peace in Nigeria, if
all people including the delegates work
for its success.
He also said having a clear
understanding of the wrong perceptions
on how Muslims or Christians view each
other with a view to taking the correction
that “we are one”, would go a long way to
put the country back on track.