Gaddafi's Flight to Kano, and his many indignations against Nigeria.

Gaddafi’s Flight to Kano...?
Gaddafi is no runner, he will stay and fight till the last of his breathe, rumours have it that he has fled to Venezuela, not confirmed however, but I remember tonight, the enthusiasm and recklessness with which he has ruled for more than 40years.
In 1997, as a teenager in the ending moment of the dictatorship of Sanni Abacha as Nigerian head of state, Gaddafi made a supposed state visit to Nigeria, stopping in Kano for three days without visiting Abuja the official seat of the Nigerian government, I had loads of un-asked questions within me in those days... why did he stop in Kano, why did the head of state went to meet him up there and not in Abuja... this I regarded as indignation of my country, but there were suspicions on the ground of his relationship with the then condemned head of state. Further indignation from Gaddafi, was accompanied by more than 200 heavily armed Libyan bodyguards.
When security officers refused to allow them to keep their weapons, an argument ensued and Col Gaddafi stormed off. Only when Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo intervened did the bodyguards agree to hand in their weapons. By sheer coincidence, President Obasanjo was passing through the airport at the same time. He intervened in person and proposed that the weapons could be allowed through if they were registered first. But the Nigerians say that was rejected and the Libyan delegation threatened to fly home.
Incensed, the Nigerians said that was fine with them and told the delegation that instead of the original compromise, they could now only carry eight pistols if they wanted to enter Nigeria, like any other diplomatic security detail. They ordered that the rest of the weaponry had to be put back on the Libyan official jet. After a stand-off lasting several hours, the Libyans backed down and finally made their way to Nigeria's capital. Unlike the Abacha visit in Kano, Gaddafi flew into the Kano airport with three fighter jets, with many heavily combatants soldiers.

In March 2010, Gaddafi said Nigeria should be split into a Muslim and a Christian country to end communal clashes. That prompted a furious Nigeria to recall its ambassador to Tripoli. Nigeria's foreign ministry said Col Gaddafi's initial comments were "irresponsible", why The Nigerian Senate Leader called him Mad-Man- Gaddafi.



Sources: BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8593355.stm