Adebanjo attacked the North and the South for what he perceived as unfair treatment, especially when it came to resource distribution and the establishment of states and local administrations.
“We contributed money in the South, you take it to the North and you want us to continue like that? That’s not the Constitution that we had at Independence,” exclaimed Adebanjo,
Adebanjo singled out the disparity between Lagos and Kano as a prime example of this imbalance. Despite having similar populations, Adebanjo noted that the military government amended the Constitution to create more local governments in Kano than in Lagos, thereby skewing the distribution of resources and political power in favor of the North.
In his words;
“We contributed money in the South, You take it to the North and you want us to continue like that? You created more states in the North than in the South under this Constitution . That’s not the Constitution that we had at Independence. Tinubu knows better, We contributed money In Lagos. Lagos and Kano had the same population. The military changed the Constitution, created more LGs in Kano than in Lagos” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
