Nigeria, July 10 -- A former governor of Ogun State and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives (APC), Segun Osoba, has said President Muhammadu Buhari should not be blamed for not yielding to calls for a restructured Nigeria.

"The president is not a military president; he cannot change anything by decree. Sovereignty in Nigeria now is vested in the National Assembly," Mr Osoba said in an interview with State House correspondents on Wednesday shortly after he met the president.

The former governor said, "restructuring lies with the National Assembly".

"Those agitating for a sovereign national conference must go through the National Assembly, and unless the National Assembly surrenders part of its powers by an Act, there can never be...