The developed nations fights criminals and not their tribes: The South must think twice
By: Sani Danaudi Mohammed (SDM) .
Nigeria is gradually becoming the centre of fake news around the world with the increasing tensions created to sabotage the long term relationship that brought the country together as one indivisible nation 60 years after. These narrators are not good students of history or they may have intentionally ignored the rich history of our cultural heritages to pave way for their selfish and personal interest. Since the return of democracy in 1999, The country has been battling with different conflicts of interest which have became more pronounced soon after President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR took over in 2015. I am not a mouth piece of the APC led Government nor defender of any political group but I am a Nigerian who's grandparents and parents where born in Nigeria before independence. The terrain is becoming unbecoming as the country is gradually failing under anarchy where armed youths issued quit notice to Nigerians just to pave way for the ecthnic, religion and regional bigots to plan more their of hatred further throw the country in to chaos.
As a Fulani man who's main business and source of livelihood is rearing of cattles (cows) is the most deprived Nigerian of all the Government interventions ranging from roads , Health care ,information technology , scholarship , Political appointments , Security of lives and properties. Today ,We can say Nigeria is in a sorry State whereby clounds , Political thugs and violent agents can comfortably issued quit notice to the Fulani extraction with Government continue to keep mute while these people are been chase out of the country most of which their ancestors fought and struggled for . I don't think ,There is any tribe left on Nigeria that can speak very rich and polish English like the Fulanis because the golden voice of Africa we once had was shoeless Fulani boy Late Sir. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa the nation fisrt Prime Minister . Which English are talking about ? Professor Bande from Sokoto Chairing the United Nations General Assembly and his Sister Hajiya Amina Mohammed from Gombe State is also the United Nations Deputy Secretary General . Jalani Aliyu from Sokoto and Dr. Idris Ahmed (CUPS) from Mubi designing the best and expensive cars in the world. Which Western Education are we talking about ? . Why is the hatred against the Fulanis?. I am very sure there is no seat of power in the whole world where English is vomited like the United Nations where the likes of Obama's ,Bidens and Trumps make Presentations under these noble son and daughter of Fulani Extraction.
Nigeria is suffering from a pschycological disorder a syndrome that if not tackle will sink the entire country especially with the hoodlums taking over the decision of their states and regions. The is no perfect phrase that best describes Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho than a word "terrorist " but yet the Nigerian media particularly Sahara Reporters has failed to pain these criminals as such. The word terrorism can be apply to all and in developed nations you only fight criminals not their tribes which clearly portrayed both the Amotekun and Eastern Security Networks are mere regional aggregators targeting some sections of the country. The problem is becoming more imminent with the current happenings in the South East and South West where these baseless elements implement in a very clear and open spaces the agenda of igniting the North against the South. As far as democracy is concern in Nigeria and anywhere in the world ,simple or complex nations always decide the faith of their next leader through popular votes but Zoning is a mere Political parties arrangements to create more balances in the system as against the credibility of aspirants. Democracy is the Government of the people ,for the people and by the people and the North has the people( electorates) who will forever continue to decide the Presidency.
Our major problem in Nigeria is lack of ecthnical reorientation not the degree certificates because they have proved to be inefficient in guiding our consience rather they made some of us to thinks worst that those who existed in the 17th century. We cannot continue to be doing what we constantly accuse others of lacking and expect different results .The North has been under constant attacks as the centre of illiteracy by mostly the young Yahoo boys from the South who planned and hide under the endsars protest to attacked private and public structures while the illiterates young boys from the North kept mute . The endsars protest has woefully failed as having quite a number of criminals and fleeing terrorist leader Nnamdi on board has now resorted to chasing out innocent Nigerians( Fulanis) and killing their Animals all to ignite the North against the South. The leadership of the southern extraction has failed equally failed to fault these ugly terrains going in the North an assertion that even the acclaimed Professors are culprits and are in support of the current humiliations of the Fulanis in the southern part of Nigeria. The educated ones in the South has woefully failed to do their work of ensuring that the conflict entrepreneurs are oriented that violent approach is not and never a solution to all agitations in the world with Nigeria inclusive. They have failed to tell their subjects that the Fulanis occupied less than 5% of their lands of the South compared to big establishments owned by people of southern extraction here in the North.
The have created a circle of confusion to many of their children who never travel outside their regional territories that the North is a zoo mostly where Animals are showcase and they refused tell them that their tribal Kingsmen controlled multi-billion industries in the zoo lands . The North has never perceive the South as their enemy but the South has always been in confrontation themselves because of power and the game of 2023 has already started. Nigeria has so many Insecurity challenges to deal with and on no account should the Government keep mute while a particular section is been wipeout for fear been tag an ecthnic and religion Government having took an oath to protect the lives of Nigerians irrespective of their tribes and religion.The Northern region has been in the news as the poverty and headquarter of illiteracy in Nigeria yet our thoughts , perceptions and attitudes are more guided than those with the University degrees.
The endsars Protest spoke in high volume our capacity as Northern people to handle most complicated issues that bounce and appear on our ways always .The South as whole should remember that democracy is a game of numbers and for long they have been ignorant of this principles which make them Political inrelivant in the Nigerian Political landscape for quite sometime particularly the South East. The agitations by the Nigerian minorities is the reason that brought in the issue of zoning which first produced former President Obasanjo and Jonathan but the noise makers know better that it has no any constitutional backings . President Buhari now is completing his second term of office and hopefully by the year 2023 the South likely to enjoy same gesture as it may be but with the current happenings where quit notice are been issued certainly the South is in greater track of loosing the power . On a personal opinion , I am in support of power shift to the South but unless other people outside the southern part are sure of these mindless groups not hijacking the whole government structures should power finally shift to the any Region in the South in 2023.The Afenifere and Ohanazea Ndigbo must work reconstitute a high power reconciliation team down to the North because as it is the many majority of the Nigerian tribes with Fulani inclusive are fade up with the way things are been handled by these notable socio-cultural groups in the South.
The North has absolutely no bond of contention to settle with anyone from the South as the Region has been made a safe heaven to all people of the South particularly the Igbos and the Yorubas .The Fulanis that are been evicted with their cows been killed currently occupied 0.001% compared to the number of Igbos living in the core Northern States .How much is the worth of all the cows you are posting on the Social media ? How much are the worth of your properties in the North ? . I blamed not the tauts but the stakeholders like the State Governors and the traditional rulers who sit comfortable while these conflict entrepreneurs are implementing their game plan to ignite the North and the South .The Igbos and the Yorubas in the North are not doing enough in the area of sensitisation and information sharing to their fellow brothers at home because should this be our manners and attitude in the North certainly the story would not have been the same .The North as a whole is calm and is not issuing quit notice to anyone despite the ongoing humiliation of the Fulanis in the South East and South West in particular. I am Fulani but not a criminal but within Fulanis there are criminal like we have criminals in Igbos and the Yorubas as well as other tribes. Evans was arrested not because he was an Igbo but because of his criminality against the Nigerian State . Boko Haram was declared a terrorist organisation not because of their tribes but because of their hostilities against the Nigerian State likewise the IPOB and any organisation that treat the corporate existence of Nigeria as a country.
We are calling on the federal government and the Northern State Governors Forum to call their counterparts in the South to order by asking to bring to an end of the ongoing barbaric treatment of the fellow Nigerians in the affected areas just because they are Fulanis. Nigeria belong to all of us and no tribe is greater than the other even when we paid worst of these crisis .The history of Plateau ,Southern Kaduna 2011 post election crisis ,Benue and Mambila genocides that caused millions of these Fulanis homeless with yet nothing in the side of the Government. The Fulanis are the most humiliated set of people in Nigeria who have for long been placed under serious treat even when government at different levels has failed to carter their need even the core responsibility of protecting lives and properties. As the 2023 elections draw near even as a leader of Advocate of unity ,peace and Justice in Nigeria. I advised the South should adopt a different strategy of getting power back to the South other than the violent approach led by Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday because only peace can .As a promising Nigerian youth from the North and a Fulani breed will never compromise my stands on Nigerian project and its existence as a single entity despite the rantings by these youths from the South East led by Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho from the South West . Nigeria as a country is indeed bigger than these mindless groups and criminals Hiden under the auspices of Herdsmen.
I hope the educated South will think a million times they currently thinking to get it right as the illiterate North will never succumb to the intimidation of the Amotekun led by Sunday Igboho and the Eastern Security network led by fleeing and faceless Nnamdi Kanu to burn the country. Our grandparents and parents fought to keep it together and we shall not in anyway allow these terror groups to take over this country with their millacious agenda .This proganda against the Fulanis for personal interest is the greatest mistake of the century and a misplaced direction that can only end the dream of 2023 Presidency rather than making it an illusion .We shall continue to preach and advocate for peace ,unity, harmony , justice and fairness to all but on no account shall comprise our Patriotism and loyalty to Nigeria as a nation. Education attainment is the ability for one to act in the right direction and from the happenings today in the southern part of Nigeria more need to be done to educate them .The Youths must wake up against this millacious agenda of igniting the North and the South because it developed nations they find criminals not tribes . Therefore ,the Southern Governors should come up with a strategy of fighting and fishing out criminals instead of allowing their task to these dubious and baseless characters.When the educated ones fail to educate the illiterates then chaos is Inevitable in Societies like Nigeria.
Sani Danaudi Mohammed (comrade)
National President : Arewa Youths Advocate for Peace and Unity Initiative .
Writes from Abuja , Nigeria.
2nd February,2021 .
