Afe Babalola To Presidency: My National Conference Is To Prevent Nigeria’s Break Up

Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti
(ABUAD), says he is organising a national conference to prevent the
country from disintegrating.

He said contrary to the assertion of the presidency, the summit
will not “throw the country into turmoil”.

The presidency had alleged that there’s a plot to overthrow
President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that “disruptive elements are
now recruiting the leadership of some ethnic groups and politicians
round the country, with the intention of convening some sort of
conference, where a vote of no confidence would be passed on the
president”.

Reacting on Friday, Babalola said the goal of the conference is
to find ways out of the current national challenges.

He made the comment in a goodwill message at the
foundation-laying ceremony of the ‘NBA House’ in Ado Ekiti, capital
of Ekiti state.

Babalola said he has been a friend of governments and that his
views and counsel have always been respected in the past.

He said the conference is a direct response to a request by
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who had blamed the elite for keeping
quiet as the country faces a series of challenges.

Babalola said: ”All I am doing, in my own case, is to prevent
the country from disintegration and drifting into anarchy so that
it can remain an indivisible entity, and not to throw the country
into turmoil as being suggested.

”I am here to spend my own money and time to help government
return decorum to our dear nation. There must not be anarchy or
civil war.”

Babalola had said he will donate N50 million to the conference
themed ‘Summit of Hope’.

Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti
(ABUAD), says he is organising a national conference to prevent the
country from disintegrating.

He said contrary to the assertion of the presidency, the summit
will not “throw the country into turmoil”.

The presidency had alleged that there’s a plot to overthrow
President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that “disruptive elements are
now recruiting the leadership of some ethnic groups and politicians
round the country, with the intention of convening some sort of
conference, where a vote of no confidence would be passed on the
president”.

Reacting on Friday, Babalola said the goal of the conference is
to find ways out of the current national challenges.

He made the comment in a goodwill message at the
foundation-laying ceremony of the ‘NBA House’ in Ado Ekiti, capital
of Ekiti state.

Babalola said he has been a friend of governments and that his
views and counsel have always been respected in the past.

He said the conference is a direct response to a request by
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who had blamed the elite for keeping
quiet as the country faces a series of challenges.

Babalola said: ”All I am doing, in my own case, is to prevent
the country from disintegration and drifting into anarchy so that
it can remain an indivisible entity, and not to throw the country
into turmoil as being suggested.

”I am here to spend my own money and time to help government
return decorum to our dear nation. There must not be anarchy or
civil war.”

Babalola had said he will donate N50 million to the conference
themed ‘Summit of Hope’.