Northern Nigeria Differs so much from southern Nigeria that it can be said could be said that while one part side was freedom loving like American the other could as well have been Afghanistan..
While one section of the country promotes tolerance,the other enforces sharia law on the populace,Sharia law was signed into law in Northern Nigeria at the turn of the 21 century.
Religious conflicts are seen as a societal norm.
The past decade in Nigeria has been so severely marked by violence that it is slowly becoming a societal norm.It is largely common to wake to the wide spread news of incessant lose of lives and properties.
While terrorists (Nigeria is the 3rd most terrorized country in the world) roam freely free spirited citizens are largely incarcerated on trumped up charges,while Bandits(as the terrorists are dubed by the government) enjoy amnesty and salaries equivalent to those earned by those in the civil service.
The hesitation by the government to go all out in the war on terrorism is seen by many as a sign of support for said terrorists.
Self Determination.
In its fight against supposed terrorists the government dubbed groups call for self determination terrorists organizations and prosecute its members as such while terrorists are pampered and begged for peace.
Rather and tack the cause of the regional tensions the government plays dumb and only seems to awaken from its slumber to deliver the occasional treat.
2 leaders for of the Groups calling for self determination where recently or rather one was illegally renditioned to Nigeria and one was arrested in Benin Republic.Its shows that Nigerian security agents can readily be deployed to 3rd party countries for operations but cannot perform effectively on home soil..