To prevent one region from having a military advantage over others, military installations shouldn’t have been concentrated in one region as obtains in Nigeria. If hostilities break out, as it did in 1967, the South will be at the mercy of the North. Of course, no one wants a war. But any realist knows that anything can happen.
Did Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno State South Senatorial District, indeed threaten that there would be political implications if the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Minister of Aviation moved some departments or agencies to Lagos?
Not only connoisseurs of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Afrobeat music will understand that the expression, “Overtake Don Overtake Overtake,” somewhat akin to reggae musician, Max Romeo’s “One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward” refrain, means a loss after a gain.