Why Nigeria Has Not Splitted Like Sudan Into Northern And Southern Nigeria

Why Nigeria Has Not Splitted Like Sudan Into Northern And Southern Nigeria



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Nigeria is a country in West Africa which has been facing secret and physical battles from oppositions for it to split.

Some people are in support of it starting from the Boko Haram insurgence and attacks right from the era of the former President, His Excellency Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. 

Nigeria cannot easily be splitted like the Sudan, this is because both the Northern and Southern Nigeria are massive. It would had been so nice and wonderful if things were indeed white and black but in the case of Nigeria, there are so many grey areas.


Let me bring this to a real life scenario!

In Nigeria today, there is a major ethnic group called IGBO. This ethnic group group has natural powers and is also posses an artificial creation of the colonial powers in their quest to unite groups who have the same accent or should I say , who speaks different dialects of the same Igbo language.

Now, while looking at this ethnic group, groups such as Etche, Ika, Ikwere, Ukwuani and so many more would be Igbo despite being from the Middle Belt.

Former President Good luck Ebele Jonathan in his regime was convincing these aforementioned group of peoples that they are also Igbo's including himself because he hails from Bayelsa State.

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Though, they look so Igbotic and speaks what seems like a branch or dialect of Igbo language but would rather die before agreeing to the fact that they are Igbo.


Now back to the Scenario;

If you can't convince someone who bears Obinna and Emeka as names to join an Igbo country or territory, then how can you categorize Igbos, Yorubas, Edos, Efik-Ibibios, Ijaws into one country.

Mind you!, Not not that it us impossible, After all Nigeria happened after the war. What am trying to make the audience understand that there are several factors that will come to play.

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One of which is Ethnicity, secondly is Religion.


Why did I mention Religion?

Let's look at Edo as a State for example. My in-law is from Edo state and he is Muslim who got married to my sister who is Christian.


What am I trying to say?

Edo State is not physically dividedvut in terms of religion, it is!

There are high populations of Edo indigenes who are Muslims and the remaining are Christians. There's a sizeable percentage of Muslims in Edo State, particularly the Auchi axis.


So which country will Edo fall under, if Nigeria divides into Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria?

It is assumed that the South is mainly a Christian region while the Noth is Islam but this theory is 100% false. Let's look at one of the major groups in the so called Southern Nigeria, the Yoruba's are something like 50% Christians and 50% Muslims, indeed sliced down the middle.

So when this Northern and Southern Nigerian countries are created, will you send all the Muslims to the North to join their fellow Muslims?

Have you thought of those people whose fathers were Muslims but are Christians!


The same issue in the North, there's a massive population of Christians in States like Nassarawa, Benue, Plate, Kaduna, Borno and some other states. 

Nigeria is not Sudan and as such. What might be obtained in Sudan might not be obtained in Nigeria.

The idiosyncrasies are totally different

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