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Nigeria is a design of the British such that it will continue to give them the leverage of control. For as long as the southern ethnic groups won't come together even if in pretence but for economic and political emancipation the story may be far from over in another 50years except something drastic happens.

mandarin:
Nigeria is a design of the British such that it will continue to give them the leverage of control. For as long as the southern ethnic groups won't come together even if in pretence but for economic and political emancipation the story may be far from over in another 50years except something drastic happens.

I have nothing else to add

mandarin:
Nigeria is a design of the British such that it will continue to give them the leverage of control. For as long as the southern ethnic groups won't come together even if in pretence but for economic and political emancipation the story may be far from over in another 50years except something drastic happens.

If the South comes together and the togetherness collapses, which more than likley will happen, the residual outcome will be a political stalemate worse than anything in the current structure of individuality. True, two heads are better than one but there are exceptions in which one head acting alone far surpasses any promises of gain hoped for in a merge with a second or multiple heads. Particularly lets study the options for a merge in South. Who is merging with who, or who and who are coming together?

Remember West was the whole area to Asaba. There was a referendum and the people chosed to be separated from West and to remain independent. Just few months ago everywhere Kanu turned and labeled as part of Biafra rejected the inclusion, even when prospects were high and looked like his bid might succeed. The rejection is a vote of no confidence on Igbo. Why is everyone dissociating from Igbo? It's because they are known to be a political risk.

So you have midWesterners that say they dont want Yoruba and you have midWesterners that say they dont want Igbo. Beside this you also have Igbo penchant for competing with Yoruba for control over Lagos. So any unity in South will be short lived and ultimately blow up into a worse drama than what we have here currently. This is why I believe the so called Handshake across the Niger between Afenifere Renewal Group (not the authentic Afenifere led by Fasoranti) and Ohanaeze is a partisan political alliance to prop PDP for defeat of APC. ARG are acting in self interest, not in interest of Yoruba. Ohanaeze on the other hand has no credibility left and is looking for anything, from anyone to help recover and not become a joke like MASSOB.

Lets drop any dream of unity across South, it will be a disaster if it were forced.