The Igbo have been forgotten. Now, Nigeria can't work with two ethnic groups alone. It needs the third for that stability. Now, there's nothing wrong with ethnicity, there's nothing wrong with religion, but when bad politicians get hold of these factors, then you have a very, very explosive mixture. I understand came out of squabbling over the market.
People often think of ethnicity as inherently unhealthy.
There's nothing unhealthy in being Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo. There's something unhealthy in saying that Hausa is better than Yoruba, or Igbo is better than either. I think democracy is a very, very difficult system to work. It doesn't mean it is beyond our capacity. As a matter of fact, the most democratic people in the world are the Igbos, my people.