Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, said on Thursday that God is a Nigerian.
Obasanjo said that God let Nigeria do "stupid things" and get away with it.
He spoke in Abuja at the official launch of The Letterman by Musikilu Mojeed, the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times.
The former president said that Nigeria should blame itself for not making use of the natural resources that God had given it.
He did, however, say that he hoped God would not get angry with Nigeria.
Obasanjo said: “I believe that God is a Nigerian. Bishop Kukah may not agree with me. Because God loves us so much that we have done so many stupid things and he allowed us to get away with these stupid things.
“I sincerely hope that God’s patience has no limit of elasticity because if he does, there will soon be a day that God will say: ‘No, I have heard enough.’
“I believe the right lessons must be learnt. We have all that we need to have. God has given us all that we need to have; that we are not doing what we should do, it is not God; we should blame ourselves.”