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Gaddafi Proposes delineation of Nigeria into Ethnic States-ChannelsTV

March 28, 2010

Libyan Leader, Muammar GaddafiLibyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi appears to be relentless in his controversial comments about the sovereign status of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. At the closing session of the Arab League Summit, Gaddafi who had controversially suggested that Nigeria split along religious lines between Christianity and Islam is now proposing that the country should be carved into many ethnic states.

Image removed.Libyan Leader, Muammar GaddafiLibyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi appears to be relentless in his controversial comments about the sovereign status of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. At the closing session of the Arab League Summit, Gaddafi who had controversially suggested that Nigeria split along religious lines between Christianity and Islam is now proposing that the country should be carved into many ethnic states.
Libya’s Jana News Agency quotes Mr. Gaddafi as saying that Nigeria’s problems can’t be resolved by dividing the country into two states, but like the former Yugoslavia, Nigeria comprises other populations who want independence without religious considerations.

He went on to say that the model that best fits Nigeria, which comprises many ethnic groups, is Yugoslavia, which was divided into six countries, including Kosovo whose independence has not been unanimously recognised.

The Libyan leader’s comment earlier this month that Nigeria be split between the Christian and Muslim communities to end its sectarian violence received scathing reactions from a cross section like the Senate President, David Mark who described the Libyan leader as a “mad man”.

Gaddafi’s comments are coming on the heels of the recent crisis brewing in the northern Plateau- Jos, which claimed many innocent lives, especially women and children.

The rising tide of crisis in the northern states has given rise to many other violent outbursts, which has raised concern locally and internationally, hence, Gaddafi’s suggestions.

The federal government has placed Plateau State on a “Red Alert”, thereby deploying the military and the Joint Task Force (JTF) into the state to curb and prevent any other violent upsurges in the state.

 

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