By Tony Edike

ENUGU—FORMER Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Professor George Obiozor, has disagreed with those who believe that the unity of the country was not negotiable, saying in spite of efforts by both past and present leaders to maintain her unity, Nigeria’s unity was not guaranteed.

Ambassador Obiozor made the assertion in a lecture delivered at the 70th Birthday celebration of Chief Arthur Nwankwo, former NADECO chieftain and Chancellor of Eastern Mandate Union, EMU, in Enugu last weekend.

He described as ironic recent comments by some Nigerian political leaders that the nation’s unity was not negotiable, stressing that such leaders had forgotten or had failed to learn the lesson of history.

He said: “Nigerian unity is definitely negotiable and must be re-negotiated for it to stand or survive the test of time.”