<\/p>\n
By: Femi Fani-Kayode<\/p>\n
In his book titled \u201cConcerning the Government of Our Country and
\nNeighboring Countries in the Sudan\u201d, Nigeria’s first Mahdi, Sheik Usman
\nDan Fodio, who is the father of the Fulani Caliphate and leader of the
\n1804 jihad that overwhelmed and conquered what is now known as northern
\nNigeria wrote:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government of a country is the government of its king without
\nquestion. If the king is a Muslim, his land is Muslim; if he is an
\nunbeliever, his land is a land of unbelievers. In these circumstances it
\nis obligatory for anyone to leave it for another country\u201d.<\/p>\n
Could this strange and primitive rationale be the reason for the creeping
\nattempt to wipe out Christianity, destroy the Church, slaughter
\nChristians, Islamise the faithful and enslave the people of the south and
\nMiddle Belt in our country today?<\/p>\n
Could this be the ethos and philosophical bedrock and foundation of the
\nimperative of Islamic domination and Fulani rule? Have we finally
\ndiscovered the intellectual Holy Grail of Fulani raison d’etra?<\/p>\n
This brings me to a number of other questions which many harbour but few
\ndare to ask.<\/p>\n
The southern region of Nigeria has not had a Chief Justice of the
\nFederation in 30 years and now that one has been nominated by the National
\nJudicial Council our core northern President Muhammadu Buhari has simply
\nrefused to confirm him. The question may be asked, what is the south’s
\nportion in Nigeria?<\/p>\n
Such is the suspicion, bedlam and utter turmoil in our nation today that
\nsome are of the view that the solution to the problems of Nigeria is not
\njust restructuring but a total break up of the country.<\/p>\n
They believe that restructuring may be a good first step but the final
\ndestination has to be a total and complete break up and divorce.<\/p>\n
They argue that this can he done peacefully and quietly or it will
\neventually be done violently and in a very messy way.<\/p>\n
They say that the sooner we do it the easier it will be and that the
\nlonger we delay it the more messy it will be.<\/p>\n
Whether one agrees or disagrees with them one thing is clear: we are
\nsitting on a keg of gunpowder and we ALL know it.<\/p>\n
It is just that we like to pretend. The bottom line is this: things cannot
\ngo on the way they are.<\/p>\n
Some believe that we should let the four “liberal” zones (south-west,
\nsouth-south, south- east and north-central) come together and form one
\nnation and let the north-west and north- east zone either go and merge
\nwith Chad and Niger Republic or form their own country.<\/p>\n
They argue that we should let the Christians, the Shiite Muslims and the
\ncore northern ethnic minority tribes that presently live in the north-
\neast and north-west, if they wish, to relocate, move to the Middle Belt
\n(north-central)\u00a0 and remain with us in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Interestingly this mass relocation and migration process was executed in
\nIndia when she broke into two and Pakistan was formed just after she got
\nher independence from the British.<\/p>\n
Millions of Muslims who resided in India moved north to the other side of
\nthe country that was to be later called Pakistan whilst millions of Hindus
\nwho resided in the area that was to be later called Pakisan relocated from
\nthere and moved all the way south to the area that continued to be
\nreferred to as India.<\/p>\n
Given the terrible carnage that took place between the Hindus and the
\nMuslims in India before the break-up the whole thing worked rather well
\nand saved millions of lives.<\/p>\n
This was the case even though there were three border wars between the two
\ncountries not too long after the division and tensions exist between them
\nuntil today.<\/p>\n
Yet had it not been for the break-up the number of casualties would have
\nbeen far higher and the victims of the fratricidal butchery which took
\nplace would have been primarily the civilian population, including women
\nand children, rather than just the soldiers.<\/p>\n
Some believe that we in Nigeria must take a cue from the Indian, and later
\nSudanese, examples. They believe that we must break Nigeria into two
\nbefore we kill each other to the last man and woman.<\/p>\n
They believe that it is either we negotiate this and let it be done in an
\nequitable, reasonable, respectful and orderly manner or we will end up
\nhaving a violent, brutal, bloody and long ethnic war in this country which
\nwill result in the final balkanisation and break up of Nigeria into no
\nless than four or more pieces.<\/p>\n
Whichever way we cannot be compelled to stay in a nation that is
\ncontrolled by our collective oppressors and those that believe that
\nkilling others that do not share their faith or belong to their ethnic
\ngroup or religious sect for much longer.<\/p>\n
They have sucked the nations blood dry and killed the host body that they
\nhave fed fat on for the last 56 years.<\/p>\n
They have killed the spirit of Nigeria and sacrificed her unity on the
\nalter of greed, hate, religious intolerance, political domination and
\nfalse notions of ethnic supremacy.<\/p>\n
Their hegemony is an affront to the Living God and it stands against the
\nnatural order of things.<\/p>\n
It is time for them to go or to be thrown out.<\/p>\n
It is only after this happens that we can achieve our full potentials as a
\nnation and that our people can be truly blessed.<\/p>\n
Those that control the country and believe that they own it will NEVER
\nallow restructuring because it defeats the object of their purpose.<\/p>\n
Given that, it is very clear that we are heading for the rocks because the
\ngeneration of southern and Middle Belt Nigerans that come after mine
\nrefuse to accept the notion that they are nothing but glorfied slaves and
\nsecond class citizens.<\/p>\n
My generation and those that came before it were far more ready to
\ncompromise with the evil, accept that bogus notion and just contiue to
\nhope for the best.<\/p>\n
The result is that we are still waiting and hoping whilst the grip of our
\ninternal colonial masters and their power is greater today than it has
\nEVER been.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile thousands of southerners, Shiite muslims, Middle Belters and
\nnorthern Christians have been slaughtered at the altet and are being
\nbutchered by the sponsored ethnic militias that are known as the Fulani
\nherdsmen. One must ask, how long are we going to continue watching this
\nevil silently and just keep hoping for the best?<\/p>\n
This sort of thing can only happen in Nigeria. If people had been
\nsubjected to such barbarity and wickedness in any other country in the
\nworld there would have been international outrage and violent reactions
\nlong ago. Yet in Nigeria we respond to it with nothing but indifference
\nand silence in the name of political correctness. It is truly pathetic.<\/p>\n
The truth is that this “political correctness” will kill us if we dont
\nkill it first. We must be prepared to say the things that we say to one
\nanother behind closed doors publicly as well.<\/p>\n
The country needs a dose of truth to heal its wounds and it also needs
\nfocused, strong, honest and decisive leadership. Those that believe that
\nthey were born to kill us at will and rule us in perpetuity must either
\naccept that they are not our ethnic masters and stop all this barbarity or
\nthey must go.<\/p>\n
The truth is that the whole country is ready to explode. We the older men
\nare the ones that are just still talking. The younger ones stopped talking
\nlong ago and now they are preparing for war.<\/p>\n
I have travelled to many parts of this country in the\u00a0 last few weeks and
\nmonths and what I saw and heard scared me. And I dont scare easily. We
\nmust try to keep a lid on it and talk our way out of this mess before the
\nbullets start flying and reason and rational thinking goes out of the
\nwindow.<\/p>\n
Those that believe that they own Nigeria are the greatest obstacle to
\nnational cohesion and no one else. The rest of us can work out our
\ndifferences, keep our four zones, devolve power from the centre and
\nestablish a 21st century secular modern nation-state where we are all
\nequal, where the rule of law prevails and where islamic fundamentalism and
\nethnic domination has no place.<\/p>\n
We must also work out our differences in the south. It is the division
\namongst the southerners that feeds and fuels core northern hegemony. We
\nmust all make concessions and set our differences aside and come together
\nas one againt our collective adversaries.<\/p>\n
If we cannot do that and we allow historical differences and rivalries to
\nabide and flourish then frankly we deserve to remain as the slaves that
\nthey have turned us into. Let us hope that good reason prevails and that
\nwe make the right choices.<\/p>\n
Let us hope that we are guided by God and His Holy Spirit in all our
\nendeavours. Let us hope that we can muster the courage to say “no more” to
\nethnic and religious cleansing, mass murder, bondage, servitude and
\ntyranny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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