By Sola Shittu
Reporter, Ibadan

Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent in Ibadan, Abimbola admitted that though some people are trying to persuade Obasanjo to spend six years in office but he has told them that he was not interested.

“He has denied this himself. He said he was not interested in it. I don’t think that it is something that he is interested in any way. Some people are trying to persuade him to do that but he has come out to say he is not interested. I don’t think he has asked anybody to be his advocate for more years in office” he said.

Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo state had on Monday said the six-year rule was one of the knotty issues that are yet to be resolved at the National Political Reform Conference in Abuja. And as at the time the meeting was being held in Ibadan, rumours became strong that the South West delegates were at cross road on the matter which some of them said were not popular among the Yoruba people.

However, Abimbola said Obasanjo is doing a lot to resolve the impasse at the confab and that the controversial matter leading to the walk out of the South-South delegates will soon be resolved.

“I am sure we will iron it out as time goes on. You know after the confab is finished some of their decisions will have to be acted upon. There are still a lot of time for debate and dialogue on all these issues” he said.

According to Abimbola, the president is not interested in

any thing that will divide the country but would

rather dwell on things that would right some wrongs and

injustices done to some parts of the country.

“The President is doing a lot to make sure

that in our own time, our country does not experience

another civil war or attempt by any part to break

away. We all ought to work for it to make sure that

the country remains together. There are so many things

that we all know that are not quite alright because of

so many forces pulling so many communities apart” he

said.

He said Nigeria is a plural society in many ways

therefore people must be tolerant of one another

adding that by their acts of intolerance some

Nigerians are already setting in motion things that

can lead to conflict.

“There ought to be dialogue and

there ought to be tolerance. Nigeria is plural society

as far as language is concerned, in ethnicity, belief

and others. We have to be tolerant of each others

belief”.