The alarming rate at which secessionist movements are rising up in Nigeria has been a source of great concern in recent times. Most times, the agitators assume a violent stance which leads to clashes with security forces and needless waste of lives and properties.

Nigeria; as a sovereign state with political leaders elected lawfully has repeatedly vowed that it will not watch idly while separatists set the country on fire; and that it will do all within its powers to keep the country united; an indivisible entity that will not yield to the efforts of those trying to balkanize it.

Agitations to opt-out of a union are not an uncommon occurrence globally, but on closer look, most of those who end up being successful and beneficial to all parties involved are those set in motion through dispassionate, logical and strategic frameworks. The world witnessed the disintegration of the mighty USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) into separate 15 independent states in 1991.
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