1. Posted on Saturday 20 March 2010 - 08:05

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   obaadeoye

   

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   Oba Adeoye, AfricaNews reporter in Lagos, Nigeria

   The President of the senate of Nigeria David Mark has described the northern African dictator Col Muamar al-Gaddafi as a "mad man" after calling for the division of the West African country into two autonomous states in order to permanently solve its continued inter-ethnic and inter-religious crises.

   

   The statement has sparked a diplomatic row between the two African countries. Nigeria on Thursday withdrew her ambassador from Libya.
   
   While addressing a group of international students in Tripoli earlier in the week, the ex-African Union chairman said the only solution to Nigeria’s serial violence where thousands of people have been killed since 2000 was to split the country into two between the Christians and the Muslims.
   
   According to a statement released on Thursday by the Nigerian Foreign Ministry, the Nigerian Government regarded al-Gaddafi's utterance as “unacceptable and unbecoming of any leader who claims to advocate and champion the cause of African integration and unity.”
   
   al-Gaddafi's statement had drawn the ire of the Nigerian government and several pressure groups in the West African country.
   
   In its own response to al-Gaddafi, top northern Nigerian socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) referred to the statement as reckless and warned the Libyan President to mind his own business and leave Nigeria to manage its own internal affairs.
   
   However, the national house of representatives, which is the parliament’s lower chamber, is divided on al-Gaddafi. While some lawmakers frowned at the statement, accusing Gadaffi of trying to export terrorists into the country from north Africa, others regard the statement as necessary to put the Nigerian Government on its toes as regards finding a lasting solution to the crises.
   
   They said, instead of attacking al-Gaddafi, the government should critically consider his advice and make necessary amends.

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1. Posted on Monday 22 March 2010 20:02

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   OLUWASEYI EBRAHYM

   

   
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   basicly, my opinion to this issue on grand is inbetween the two sides, because i can see the the two countries in different enviously, i`m a Nigerian but i`m schooling in Libya rigth now.
   i think what the Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi said about Nigeria blood sheed eve is right, because in my own opinion the blood sheeding in Nigeria since all this years is more than the crude oil they have. come to think of it, over a month now Nigeria goverment cant be able to curb the criminal scean in jos, and for the person who embrace humanity can easily say what the Libyan Leader said to stop such inhuman character.
   and for Nigerian Goverment, i think they are not ashame off themselves they are not looking at the internal problem and how to solve it, but they exploding because of the advice that is given to them by an outsider.
   For these i think the Nigerian Government need to rethink twice and find the solution to our beloved country problems rather than yeepinng on some thing not so important, becaude Gaddafi did not force the opinion on them, he only give his own part of advice, and beside our government should see that there are many of their country children staying in Libya, so they should treat the case gently.
   Lastly for Gaddafi, i think he should minimize his speech on other peoples matter.

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