2015: Election to determine Nigeria’s unity –Gen Abdulsalam

Former Military President General Abdulsalami Abubakar said yesterday that the manner in which the country will handle the 2015 general elections will determine if Nigeria will remain a united and stable country.


The former Head of State said that the country was already divided within faultlines, with politicians ready to exploit them without noble objectives.

He spoke in Abuja at the 2nd Conference organized by Peoples Media, Publishers of Peoples Daily Newspapers with the theme; “Nigeria: The 2015 question.”

He described the issues of the general election as a “watershed moment in the history of the country,” noting that the 2015 general election will also  decide where power resides for the next four years.

He said: “As political animals that we all are, nothing seems to have gripped the imagination of Nigerians as the issue of the coming 2015 general elections which in my view is a watershed moment in the history of our dear country.

“The way we are able to handle this very important event will largely determine how successful we will be in our efforts at remaining a united, indivisible and stable country.”