Between Abu Minyar al Gaddafi, David Mark's mad man comment & disintegration(11)

[Nuruddeen]

Not only Wole Soyinka, but also certain notable Nigerians have passed commentaries that are incisive if not more mind boggling than Gaddafi's sincere counsel, which Mark considers as "madness". The following people have one way or another called for disintegration of Nigeria.
Hear them:
One: Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Biafran warlord, and the so-called father of Biafran nationalism stated thus "The Biafran Revolution is the People's Revolution... Thus, the Biafran Revolution is not dreamt up by elite, it is the will of the people. The people want it... The Biafran revolution is indestructible; it is eternal... the continued  activity of our friends all over the world is  evidence of their continued solidarity with  Biafra and Biafrans are grateful, and look forward to the time when our friends will come to the certain realization that their faith in us has not been misplaced".
Two: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the former Ghanaian President and foremost pan Africanist had this to say inter alia "Nigeria was an artificial State created to suit the needs of early twentieth century imperialism. Nigeria became an entity not because of the affinity of its peoples but because the rivalry between France and Britain at the turn of this century made it necessary for Britain to control the Niger and its hinterland".
The question here is:  where was David Mark when Nkrumah was making this statement about Nigeria? Why did Mark not likened Ghaddafi's "madness" to that of Nkrumah's?
Three: Mwalimu Julius Nyerere former president of Tanzania also remarked "Tanzania recognizes the state of Biafra as an independent sovereign entity, and as a member of the comity of nations. Only by this act of recognition can we remain true to our conviction that the purpose of society, and of all political organization, is the service of man".
Four: Professor Claude Ake also had this to say "The gloom will lift. The old order is moribund and those who are trying to sustain it have no chance and no future. What we see now is the end game. A new wholesome reality is already fully formed waiting to be born. The question is not whether it will arrive, but whether we can lessen its birth pangs".
Five: Shehu Usman Danfodio, the great Islamic revolutionary commented thus "A kingdom can endure with unbelief, but it cannot with injustice".
Six: Karl Maier, an American writer, in his "This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis", observed that Nigeria is "designed by  alien occupiers and abused by army rule for three quarters of its brief life span, the Nigerian State is like a battered and bruised elephant staggering towards an abyss with the ground crumbling under its feet".
Seven: Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, the grandfather of Oodua Nationalism opined thus: "Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no "Nigerians" in the same sense as there are "English" The word "Nigeria" is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not".
Eight: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, former Prime Minister of Nigeria since 1914 also said "The British government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious belief and customs and do not show themselves any sign of willingness to unite... Nigerian unity is a British invention".
Nine: Dr. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikwe while composing the Biafran national anthem had this to say "Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation. Oh fatherland, this be our solemn pledge: defending thee shall be a dedication; spilling our blood we'll count a privilege; the waving standard which emboldens the free shall always be our flag of liberty" Dr. Azikwe further averred his succession thirstiness on dividing Nigeria by saying that "I make this suggestion because it is better for us and for our admirers abroad that we should disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. Should the politicians fail to heed this warning, then I will venture prediction that the experience of Democratic Republic of Congo will be child's play if it ever comes to our turn to play such a tragic role".
Ten: General Yakubu Gowon former Nigeria's youngest President also concluded that  "there is no basis for Nigerian unity".
Others who made interesting but quite frankly succession remarks about Nigeria are: Prof Tamuno David West-the world renowned virologist who said "I posit that, from the convenient or self-serving Lugardian amalgamation of 1914, till date, we have not significantly succeeded to have national integration as well, as or with pari pasu national cohesion". Dr. Tunde Bakare also said "In the House of Parliament in England in 1913, Lord Harcourt moved a motion that there would be a marriage between the North (being the husband) and the South (being the wife) and that God bless the union forever...That was what eventually produced what is called the amalgamation of Nigeria on January 1, 1914. We stood in our office as one created by God to dissolve that marriage". And then Reverend Fr. Mathew Hassan  Kukah, a Catholic priest in his usual spiritual blackmail manner also explained thus "Because the Nigerian state is so fragile we will be faced with these bush fires for some time to come". So also Hugh Seton Watson, an internationally renowned professor of Russian history at the school of Slavonic and East European studies, University of London had this to say "Practically, even after 40 years after independence there has never really been a Niger-only a shape on a map drawn by alien colonialists notably Lord Lugard who unified the North with the other region in 1914. A truly one Nigeria in social, cultural and emotional term is still a long way off, even a marriage... In Nigeria a war was fought and won, but no nation's fate was decided".

And then the US Intelligence report i.e. "While Nigeria's leaders are locked in a bad marriage that all dislike but dare not leave, there are possibilities that could disrupt the precarious equilibrium in Abuja".

Fellow Nigerians, one can go on and on but one cardinal question here is: can our "honourable" Senator David Mark come out and publicly apologize to President Gaddafi over his verbal diarrhea and unwholesome remark, or can he also come out now and say loud and clear that these men too are also mad?