NOBODY IS A NIGERIAN

By Ozioma Chukwu(Abia writers)
Edited by Livingrich Ezeikpe
The name Nigeria is foreign to all the indigenous peoples that are forced into it. The name Nigeria has no local meaning in all the indigenous languages.
There are over 521 languages spoken by the indigenous peoples in the concoction the British called Nigeria. Some of the languages in Nigeria are: Igbo, Igala, Igede, Ibibio, Izon Ijaw, Anang, Hausa, Yoruba, Kanuri, Kalabari, etc.

The reason the name Nigeria has no local meaning in all the indigenous languages is not far fetched. The name Nigeria is not original to them; it only came into existence in 1914.
Fredrick Lugard, the then governor general, merged all of them together, to be called Nigeria which is a change of identity. In other words, all the different indigenous populations began to live in a fake identity.

Ever since, there has been constant ethnic and religious crisis. It is obvious that these different indigenous peoples are not happy at the way they were forcefully merged without their volition.
Lugard himself, the creator and owner of Nigeria, saw the huge difference in these peoples, which prompted him to make this statement, “The North and the South are like oil and water, they will never mix". Lugard, the creator of Nigeria gave it a life span of 100 years, (1914 to 2013), after which all the indigenous peoples can go their separate ways, which is to say that Nigeria as a country officially expired on December 31 2013.


The situation has been so bad that some leaders of Nigeria made some severe statements:
Abubaka Tafawa Balewa, the then prime minister, “The Southern people who are swamping into this region daily in such large numbers are really intruders, we don't want them and they are not welcome here in the North. Since 1914, the British government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the people are different in every way, including religion, custom, language and aspirations, we in the North take it that Nigerian unity is only a British intention for the country created, IT IS NOT FOR US".

Obafemi Awolowo,a supposed statesman, said "Nigeria is not a nation, it is a mere geographical expression to which life was given by the diabolical amalgamation of 1914,that amalgamation will ever remain the most painful injury a British government inflicted on southern Nigeria".
Retired Gen Yakubu Gowon, the then head of state during the Biafran genocide said, "Suffice it to say that putting all considerations to the test, political, economic as well as social, the basis of unity is not there".

The truth is that, there is no gain for all the indigenous populations in Nigeria to continue living together, believing that one day, oil and water will miraculously mix. It is simply living in deceit.
It is high time, all the indigenous populations in Nigeria rise up to dissolve the British concoction called Nigeria and regain their original identity.