Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- Preaching on Sunday, House on the Rock Senior Pastor Paul Adefarasin has argued that Nigeria's celebrated nationalist leaders cannot be regarded as its true founding fathers.

Instead, he said the country was stitched together in Whitehall boardrooms and shaped by Lord Lugard for Britain's financial gain. He added that a nation built on such shaky foundations cannot thrive without confronting its colonial legacy and flawed constitution.

Challenging the legacy of Nigeria's celebrated nationalist leaders, Adefarasin dismissed figures such as Obafemi Awolowo, Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, and Nnamdi Azikiwe as the country's true founding fathers.

"There was a colonial conquest coming from the Maghreb, the Sahel, and it w...