Col Muammar Gaddafi is embroiled in a diplomatic row with Nigeria after he suggested the country should dissolve on sectral lines Nigeria recalled its ambassador to Libya and questioned whether the north African country is sponsoring violence after the Libyan leader said Nigeria should split along religious lines. The Nigerian Foreign Ministry said it had recalled Ambassador Isah Mohammed for urgent consultations after Gaddafi's comments, which come as Nigeria tries to contain violent clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs which have killed hundreds of people around the central city of Jos. The Nigerian parliament meanwhile passed a motion late on Thursday urging the government to order an investigation by the African Union into whether Libya was supplying "infiltrators" to destabilise the country.
Gaddafi, who was until recently the head of the African Union, has frequently stirred controversy in his dealings with sub-Saharan Africa. He has long championed a "United States of Africa" but many south of the Sahara question his ambitions, saying his vision of a unified continent includes him being in charge of it. Libya has also been in dispute with western nations. This week it patched up a row with the United States caused when a US official made caustic remarks about a speech by Gaddafi. A dispute between Libya and Switzerland deepened last month when Gaddafi called for a "jihad" against Switzerland.
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