To the people of the south-west, south-south, south-east and the Middle
belt I say the following.
We must be steadfast and strong. We must look to our God and draw our
courage and inspiration from Him. We must take off the gloves and get down
to some hard work.
We must forge closer ties and remain united.
We must stand shoulder to shoulder and resist these hegemonist and
born-to-rule devils with every fibre of our being.
The Holy Bible says that the blessing of the Lord resides where there is
unity.
It tells us that the power of God flows where and when there is unity
between believers and when those that share common values and a common
world view are in one accord.
That is why the north spends a good deal of its time trying to sow seeds
of division between the ethnic nationalities of the south. They feed on
and draw strength from our petty rivalries and internal divisions.
Yet the truth is as follows. We all know it but no-one wants to say it.
And that truth is that the answer to Nigeria’s problems is not just in
restructuring because too much innocent blood has been spilt and shed by
our collective oppressors over the last years fifty seven years.
Restructuring is only the first step and it is nothing but a means to an
end. Essentially it is just a temporary and ephemeral palliative. It is a
good first step in what will be a long and hopefully peaceful journey to
an expected and better end.
The final and lasting solution to our numerous problems is either a
complete break up of the nation into five or six pieces at the very worse
or the implementation of what has come to be known as the “Gideon Orkar”
solution where the two core northern zones of the north-west and the
north-east are excised and expelled from the federation at the very best.
Either of the two options are fine by me. Too much innocent blood has been
shed over the years by the internal colonislists for anything else to
suffice.
There can no longer be any genuine love and true fellowship between us.
And if we say that there is or that there can be then we are just fooling
ourselves and pretending.
Why should we continue to be our brother’s keeper when that brother hates
us so much?
The bottom line is that there is no longer any basis for unity between the
north and the south.
Between the Hausa Fulani core north and the rest of the country there is
no love lost!
The great Greek philosopher Plato once said, “no-one is more hated than he
who speaks truth”.
He is absolutely right. Yet despite that I have spoken the truth on this
matter anyway and I stand to be corrected. I have spoken that bitter
truth because I refuse to be intimidated or to be bound by political
correctness.
Love me or hate me and take it or leave it. And despite the hatred and the
insults that will come as a consequence of speaking truth, posterity will
prove me right and judge me kindly.
Meanwhile I laugh when I read the obscene words and hear the obnoxious and
self-serving cry of the almajiri.
They have said that “the Yoruba are chronic backstabbers” and that is an
insult that they will live to regret. When will these creatures learn that
they need Nigeria far more than Nigeria needs them?
The time of glorifying themselves and feeding their vain and fanciful
delusions of grandeur will soon be over.
Until then we shall continue to look unto the hills from whence our help
and we shall continue to call on the Lord of Hosts and the Ancient of Days
to deliver us from these hateful Arewa demons.
Permit me to end this contribution with the words of Pastor Bayo Oladeji
who is the spokesman of the President of the Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN). On 29th June he wrote:
“When we told you that Christians are being marginalised and being
descriminated against in the North, they said we are lying. We dare them
to publish name of public schools in the North where Christian Religious
Education is being taught; name of states where churches are being given
the CofO of their land; name of states where Christians are given support
for holy pilgrimages as it is being done for the Muslims they are keeping
quiet! Yet they are paying lips service to the unity of Nigeria. As long
as a group of people or a section of the country are being treated as
second class citizens, the unity of the country will remain a mirage!”
May those that dispute the fact that we have a major and festering problem
in this country and that unity between the core Muslim north and the rest
of the country is nothing but a vain illusion consider Oladeji’s insghtful
words.
The great Fench writer and philosopher Voltaire said, “to know who rules
over you simply find out who you cannot criticise”.
Those slaves that find it difficult to challenge or criticise the
northerners and their numerous excesses and acts of tyranny clearly know
who their masters are. May God help them before it is too late.
I would rather die on my feet as a free man than live on my knees as a
slave.(CONCLUDED).