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applegrove

(131,666 posts)

6. Nigeria is three nations in one. The north is the Muslim area

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 10:55 PM

Mar 2015

and has not had a close relationship with the south. Likely they would have formed a new country by now, they are so alienated, but the oil is found in the south so there is riches to make the north stay. Boko Haram messes with the people of the north. Maybe Boko Haram will be the thing that finally unites the Muslims to greater Nigeria. They are all terrified of Boko Haram. Then again maybe it will take over the north like it wants to.