12 causes of ethnic conflict in Nigeria – #2, #6 and #8 has led to death of millions of people

11) Disputes over Ownership of Land

History has shown that ethnic wars had broken out among people of the same states such as Brass and Nembe communities of Bayelsa and Aguleri and Umuleri of Anambra State. In these land disputes kith and kin kill themselves cheaply because of tussle over ownership of land.

In 1981, International Boundary dispute erupted when Cameroonian Gendarmes gunned down some Nigerian Soldiers patrolling the Bakassi peninsula. This could have gone into full-scale war but for Nigeria’s maturity, magnanimity and playing the big brother role by not retaliating.