"The attacks in the north are neither political nor religious. The deep root is economic.
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The attacks in the North of Nigeria following the announcement of presidential election result are religious and political before they are economic. All one has to do is review the list victims (persons, property and institutions) targeted by the killers. It should not be forgotten that these attacks are not the first. The attacks started well before independednce from Britain. They have continued. They have in fact have gone on for scores of years.
The presidential elections results are at best, another excuse for an agenda-driven driven violence to be visited on innocent people, their property, and their places of worship.
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Felicia Oyekanmi [profoyekanmi@yahoo.com]
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| Toyin The attacks in the north are neither political nor religious. The deep root is economic. Nigeria is a country where government is the only thriving business and people in the corridors of power would rather die there than leave office peacefully. The northerners think that they must rule the country in order to have direct access to all the reources especially petroleum oil. My theory is that once petroleum oil is found in commercial quantity in the Chad basin, as is being actively sought, the north would be eager to decede from southern Nigeria. It is only then that we can have stability in the different segments of whatver is left of the 'union'.. Peace without equity is a mirage. Prof Felicia A. D. Oyekanmi Department of Sociology University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos Nigeria Tel: {234} 1 7941757 Cell: {234}8056560970 --- On Fri, 22/4/11, Toyin Falola <toyin.falola@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
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