Yesterday, former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, pondered over the coordinated attempts made by various parties to prevent the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29 of the previous year.

He said there were serious spiritual threats and political maneuvering to stall the handover to him by former President Muhammadu Buhari after the Supreme Court affirmed his victory.

Akande, who chaired a lecture organised by a group, ‘Arewa Think-Tank,’ to mark President Tinubu’s first year in office in Kaduna, recalled that the activities of the opposition generated tension and threats, with a view to aborting the inauguration.

The theme of the lecture delivered by Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia was: “Our Diversity, Our Strength.” It was hosted by Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani.

Alia and Sani  said Nigeria was on track, adding that the policies of the Tinubu are yielding positive results.

Elder statesman Akande, a Tinubu ally, said the posturing by the opposition was not surprising.

Going down memory lane, he recalled that even before independence in 1960, some opposition elements never wanted a united country.

He reminiscensed: “Since 1953, when a motion for Independence was first moved in the parliament by Chief Tony Enahoro, our polity has been moving from tensions of one threat to another that Nigeria must not be allowed to continue as one and united country.

“Then, the agitation that Nigeria would not survive his political agenda. Nigeria has been waxing stronger and stronger as one and united country. One Nigeria is a major part of what we are now celebrating.