Nigeria, July 30 -- This goes to the tribe of we-must-divide Nigerians and their variants who hold firmly to the belief that Nigeria was a ''Lugardian mistake and contraption'' and a mere ''geographical expression'' which can be remedied only by its division into the nation-states that presently constitute it.

Over the decades the purveyors have been making this call repeatedly quite often with a magisterial disposition that the idea has begin to gain ground without a robust counter argument.

When we are done with the rhetoric, we will do well to examine the issue critically, in order to separate the merits if any and the fallacies for clearer understanding.

First, it is a historical fact when the British came to these shores what exis...