If the most needed sovereign constitutional conference in Nigeria today is prevented from taking place, then Nigerians are free to revert to the pre-amalgamation status of the two protectorates of the north and the south respectively before the amalgamation of 1914 was carried out by Britain. Alternatively, Nigerians will be very free from January 1, 2014 to return to their original pre-colonial status as caliphates, kingdoms and empires before the British colonization ever took place. It is also illegal, a complete violation of the human and the self-determination rights of all Nigerians to be forced into a country as citizens without having any direct constitutional inputs into the formation of their one and only country.
Is Nigeria not more divided today than in 1914 at the creation of this nation by Lord Lugard? Are those pre-colonial caliphates, kingdoms, empires and their internal boundaries that were officially eliminated in 1914 by the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates together to form Nigeria not rapidly forming back again almost 100 years later? Do Nigerians today see themselves first and foremost today as Nigerians or as ethnic nationals, Christians, Muslims, traditionalists or pagans? Are MASSOB, OPC, MEND, Boko Haram and the other ethnic, religious and cultural groups across the length and breath of Nigeria today not the new 21st century caliphates, kingdoms and empires that were believed to have been finally laid to rest in 1914 by Lord Lugard?
In conclusion:what is the way forward for Nigeria in this 21st human universe and after January 1, 2014 when Nigeria will be 100 years old and the amalgamation of the Northern and the Southern protectorates will be official over and dead? I believe 100% that the present day Nigeria that was formed in 1914 was structurally deficient. Nigeria will never work as a nation without holding an independent Sovereign National Conference that will officially decide the new constitutional terms of engagement for her 450 ethnic nationalities, many religious faiths and cultures who were fully exempted by Britain and Lord Lugard at the formation of Nigeria in 1914.
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