Those who are familiar with European history will recall that practically the whole of Europe were battle fields  until 1945 - after the end of the Second World War. Russia too had fought so many wars in the past. The former Soviet Union and the west led by the United States were engaged in the cold war for almost half a century. The former Soviet Union alone lost more than 20 million people in the Second World War! What about Japan which once colonised China and took an active part in the Second World War. And please don't forget Mussolini’s Italy. So, why didn't any of these countries relocate their respective capitals to the center for "security reasons" like Nigeria?  Why didn't Britain for example which is practically an island relocate its capital from London to the center to strengthen its security?  Why didn't the former Soviet Union after the end of the Second World War relocate its capital from Moscow to the center or to Siberia or to the Urals or to the Far-east? As big as the former Soviet Union was, why didn't they move their capital?  After all, being the biggest country in the world, they had more than enough land to do that.  Please take a look again at the location of Moscow . You will notice that apart from the fact that it is located right at the edge of Russia and very very close to the sea, it is as well very close to other European countries and their respective capitals. Why didn't Hugo Chavez who is theoretically at war with the United States relocate the capital from Caracas to the center for "security reasons" like Nigeria? Hugo Chavez has visited Russia many times to arm his army to the teeth with the latest weapons available and money could buy incase of an attack from the U.S. I also want to remind you that Venezuela is the fifth largest exporter of crude oil while Nigeria comes sixth. So why didn't Chavez who is a military officer build a new capital for his security?  After all, he has more than enough money to do it? What about Fidel Castro who has been at a logger heads with America for almost 40 years?  It's a known secret that the C.I.A. had made several failed attempts to eliminate Fidel. And do you remember the "Bay of pigs" operation? The invasion of Cuba by opposition army sponsored by the United States of America.  Why didn't Castro shift the capital from Havana to the center for "security reasons?"

  Are we to conclude then that these countries are not as "security conscious" like Nigeria? Of course they are. In fact, they are not only more security conscious than Nigeria they are equally  more "unity conscious  than Nigeria. The reason why they have taken such a stupid decision is simply because they know very well that:

(1) "Water is life." "No water, no life."

(2) There are substantial economic and commercial benefits  for the country  when a capital is located by the sea compared to locating it in the middle.

(3) A country is in no way better secured because its capital is in the middle. There are other cheaper and more effective ways of ensuring the security of a state and its capital other than building a new capital from scratch which is considered a very costly venture even for very rich countries.

 (4) Incase of an out break of war, the government, if the need arises, could easily be transferred temporarily to another city till the war ends. They don't need to build a new capital to accomplish that.