Prof. Ango Abdullahi, for the second time this year, has yelled at President Muhammadu Buhari to get a cleaver, and divvy up your dear country in two—or three—or four. Or 350. You know, as you like.

Truth is: The north is ready to break away this month—oh so suddenly—yes—because it hit pay dirt last month. The world’s richest nickel, layer upon layer, now sits calmly underground, somewhere in Kaduna, a north-western state in what used to be Nigeria.

Ango’s call probably got in Buhari’s left ear. Garba Sheu may have to move closer to the president’s right ear, which isn’t itchy yet, and whisper to him in, maybe, Hausa the Greek Arewa Elders Forum squealer is saying.

It’s urgent. Really.

All the brain boxes we have in Nigeria—Wole Soyinka, Ben Nwabueze, Ango, and other hoary profs—have insisted Buhari can actually cannibalize the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And nothing will happen. Not even the September 1 annular eclipse will fail.

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