We are Nigerianists, not just Nigerians!, By Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim

Some of the students were of the opinion that after all, Orkar had offered NANS and representatives of youths seats in his provisional ruling council. Of course, in that era every political group wooed the leadership of students in the country, which had then, after the two weeks long anti-SAP uprising, become effectively the main opposition movement in the country, in alliance with a section of the radical intelligentsia and the militant group of lawyers in the bar.

In record numbers, the students came up with assorted maps of Orkar’s new Nigeria, chanting solidarity and war songs. They were specifically infuriated by the counter-broadcast on Bendel Radio by Colonel Odeleke, and they demanded leadership from NANS to storm the broadcast station in Benin, and chase Odeleke and his troops away from the Bendel State Broadcasting Station.

After a brief deliberation, we in the leadership of the students movement took a position against the coup, especially in terms of concerns about the excision of the North-East and North-West parts of Nigeria from the main country. Our major task then was how to contain the other students in their huge numbers, who were already calling for ‘ACTION’ in support of the putsch.

As it was then in 1990, our position on the unity of the country remains the same today. We know that our country faces enormous challenges, but this is not because we are multi-ethnic; America and India are multi-ethnic too. We believe that whatever is wrong with Nigeria can be corrected within… It was my lot to bring these students under control and skillfully divert their energies to our point of view. It was a tough call, as Bamidele approached me and said: “Comrade you have the popularity as the hero of the last uprising, they will trust you.” God helped me, I did the job; we contained the students, and the NANS subsequently opposed the coup, and rejected the seat offered on Orkar’s ruling council. Thereafter, the coup collapsed.

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