Ghadaffi: Carve Nigeria into many states

  1. Posted on Monday 29 March 2010 - 09:50
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    Sanday Chongo Kabange, AfricaNews reporter in Lusaka, Zambia
    Libyan leader Muamar al-Ghadaffi, who enraged Abuja after suggesting Nigeria be partitioned between Muslims and Christians, has now proposed the country is carved into "many" ethnic states. He said: "In fact, Nigeria's problems cannot be resolved by dividing the country into two states, Christian and Muslim."
    Muamar Ghadafi
    That country’s Jana news agency reported Monday, that Kadhafi said, like the former Yugoslavia, Nigeria comprises "other populations who want independence" without religious considerations.

    He cited "the Yoruba people in the east and south who demand independence, the Ibo people in the west and south" as well as the Ijaws.

    "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 said earlier this month Nigeria should be partitioned between the Christian and Muslim communities to end its sectarian violence.

    He proposed that it should follow the partition model of Pakistan, which was born in 1947 after the Muslim minority of predominantly Hindu India founded their own homeland, led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

    Ghadaffi, until recently head of the African Union, had suggested a Christian homeland in the south with Lagos as its capital and a Muslim homeland in the north with Abuja as its principal city.

    The remarks enraged Nigeria which recalled its ambassador to Tripoli over what it said was Ghadaffi "irresponsible utterances" which had made a mockery of his calls for African integration and unity.

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