‘You can’t hold what happened when I was four years old against me’ — Peter Obi on 1966 coup

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, has called for Nigerians to determination beyond humanities grievances and conflicts successful bid to physique a agreed nation.

Obi made the telephone connected Thursday portion responding to questions during an interrogation connected Arise Television’s Morning Show.

He was responding to questions astir the 1966 subject coup, which resulted successful the deaths of respective governmental and subject leaders, peculiarly successful Northern Nigeria.

The coup was led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and different young subject officers.

“You cannot clasp what happened erstwhile I was hardly three, 4 years against me. That’s successful the past now.

“But we indispensable physique the aboriginal based connected love, not connected hatred. So it is clip to amusement love. It is clip to amusement unity.

“That’s wherefore my presidency is astir unity of the country, and it’s important that radical recognize that,” helium said.

‘You can’t clasp what happened erstwhile I was 4 years aged against me’ — Peter Obi connected 1966 coup