Nigeria, April 1 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said some Nigerians kill one another and engage in discrimination due to lack of understanding that God created everyone equal.

Mr Otti spoke on Monday at his Nvosi Country Home when he received members of the Muslim community who paid him Sallah homage, according to a statement by his spokesperson, Njoku Ukoha.

"I think it is a lack of understanding that makes people begin to kill each other and to discriminate.

"If we understand clearly that God created us equally, then some of the problems we are seeing, we won't see them," Mr Otti said.

"So, if you discriminate, you will shortchange yourself. You will make it difficult for you to reap the full benefits that were deposited in...