Gaddafi adds Salt to Injury - by his Division call for Nigeria

Muammar-Gaddafi Nigeria on Thursday recalled Isa Aliyu Mohammed, the country's Ambassador to Libya for consultations over Moumah Ghadaffi's outbursts on Nigeria. "The Federal Government of Nigeria has recalled its Ambassador to the Republic of Libya for consultation," a statement reaching here from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja said.

"Government has also formally conveyed its strong reservation and disappointment on the call for the division of Nigeria," the statement said. Nigeria's Senate President David Mark has also condemned Ghaddafi's utterances. Mark, who spoke on Wednesday during a debate at the Senate, said Ghadaffi's inflammatory statement should not be taken seriously.

Ghadaffi had called for the breakup of Nigeria into two as a solution to the religious and sectarian crises in the country. The Libyan leader suggested on Tuesday that Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, can resolve its perennial violence only by separating into Christians and Muslims nations, a report by state- run Jana news agency said.

The National Assembly has urged the Nigerian government to liaise with the United Nations to compel Ghaddafi to stop calling for the division of Nigeria. Nigeria should be divided into two nations to avoid further bloodshed between Muslims and Christians, said Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, according to a BBC report.

He made this call in a speech to students, where he praised the example of India and Pakistan in 1947 saying the “partition saved the lives of millions of Hindus and Muslims.” According to the Libyan leader, splitting Nigeria “would stop the bloodshed and burning of places of worship,” Jana, the Libyan news agency quoted him as saying.

Mr. Gaddafi, former chairman of the African Union, described the recent Jos violence as a “deep conflict of religious nature” caused by the federal state, “which was made and imposed by the British, in spite of the people’s resistance to it.” He described the partition of India as a “historic and radical solution.” Old India nation split in 1947 into a Muslim Pakistan and Hindu-India.
The Libyan leader has a history of making such boisterous calls as he called for the abolishment of Switzerland last year, saying the Swiss land should be divided among Italy, Germany and France. We welcome our readers views on this issue