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The Caliphate, The Emir And Nigeria’s Master Race (2) by explorer250(m): 7:37am On Dec 14, 2015 |
IS it any wonder that my
friend and brother, Governor
Nasir El Rufai, once warned
the Nigerian military against
what he considered to be
their excesses in the fight
against Boko Haram and told
them that “anyone, whether
soldier or otherwise, that
kills a Fulani must consider it
as a debt that will be
repaid?”
Is it any wonder that in
2001, some unscrupulous
and irresponsible leaders in
the core North invoked
“political sharia” as a secret
weapon in their attempt to
discredit, destabilise and
destroy President Olusegun
Obasanjo, a southern Chris
tian President? Is it any
wonder that in 2001,
President Muhammadu
Buhari, a core northern
Muslim, said: “What is the
business of Christians if we
Muslims chop off our limbs in
the name of sharia” and
went further by saying that it
is his intention and desire
“to spread sharia all over
the federation.” Is it any
wonder that the same man
said in 2014 “an attack on
Boko Haram is an attack on
the North?”
Is it any wonder that
Governor Bello Masari of
Katsina State said that there
was a link between Boko
Haram and the Fulani
militants/herdsmen and that
they both “kill people and
rob them of their property?”
Is it any wonder that
virtually every single
notable southern leader in
our political history that has
ever aligned with the North,
including MKO Abiola, Ken
Saro-Wiwa, Isaac Boro and
many others ended up
secretly regretting it
because after all their noble
efforts of regional and ethnic
bridge-building, they ended
up being cheated, insulted,
marginalised, humiliated,
maligned, misrepresented,
used, dumped, jailed or
killed? Worse still in the case
of Saro-Wiwa, after he was
hanged, acid was poured all
over his body in order to
remove all trace of him.
Is it any wonder that Dr.
Junaid Mohammed, one of the
leading apostles of northern
hegemony, said that
Nigerians should “let the
Biafrans go” and that “they
need Nigeria more than
Nigeria needs them?” Is it
any wonder that Chief Bola
Ige of blessed memory once
referred to the Fulani as
“the Tutsis of Nigeria” and
that Mohammed Yusuf, a
leading core northern civil
servant, once referred to
the Tutsis as “the Fulani in
Diaspora?” Is it any wonder
that virtually every single
courageous, moderate,
honest, liberal and truly
progressive core northern
leader, like Abubakar
‘Dangiwa’ Umar, Nuhu
Ribadu, Kashim Ibrahim
Imam, Halilu Akilu, Tanko
Yakassai, Sule Lamido, Lawal
Batagarawa and many others
that sought to build bridges
of peace and understanding
with the South throughout his
life and career, that insists
on equity and fairness
between the ethnic
nationalities, that refuses to
describe his tribe as the
“master race,” that resists
racial and religious bigotry,
that deplores injustice and
wickedness and that stands
up against the excesses of
his own leaders and people
is persecuted, viewed with
suspicion, misrepresented
and not allowed to achieve
his full potentials by the
deeply conservative and
reactionary leaders of the
ultra-conservative core
North?
The Bible tells us, “God
works in mysterious ways,
His wonders to perform.”
When the misguided and
ultra-conservative leaders
of an ethnic nationality in a
multi-cultural and multi-ethnic
state prides itself on building
an empire, enslaving others,
occupying their land and hold
ing on to power by
consistently using violence,
religion, subterfuge, lies,
deceit, manipulation and the
shedding of blood, a terrible
price has to be paid. God is
not mocked and neither does
He sleep. He will ask the
murderer, where is your
brother, Abel, and He will tell
him that “his blood cries out
to me from the ground for
vengeance.”
For those that doubt the
veracity of my earlier
assertion that every single
core northerner that has
ever ruled this country has
either died in office or been
removed from power and
detained for a number of
years permit me to enlighten
you. Kindly note the fact that
General Yakubu Gowon,
General Ibrahim Babangida
and General Abdulsalami
Abubakar, who were also
Heads of State of Nigeria and
who were also from the
North were not core
northerners but Middle
Belters. That is what set
them apart and made the
difference. We are talking
about core northern leaders
here and the bitter and
tragic end that each and
every one of them suffered
after being Head of State,
President or Prime Minister. |
Re: The Caliphate, The Emir And Nigeria’s Master Race (2) by Nobody: 7:40am On Dec 14, 2015 |
Last Days epistle season II |
Re: The Caliphate, The Emir And Nigeria’s Master Race (2) by explorer250(m): 7:41am On Dec 14, 2015 |
Consider the following: Sir
Tafawa Balewa, who was the
Prime Minister of Nigeria from
1960 till 1966, was from the
core North and he was killed
while in office. General
Murtala Muhammed, who was
Head of State of Nigeria from
1975 till 1976, was from the
core North and he was killed
while in office. Alhaji Shehu
Shagari, who was President
of Nigeria from 1979 till
1983, was from the core
North and he was removed
by a military coup d’etat
while in office after which he
was detained for two years
during which he almost went
blind. General Muhammadu
Buhari, who was Head of
State of Nigeria from 1983 till
1985, was from the core
North and he was removed
in a military coup d’etat while
in office after which he was
detained for four years.
General Sani Abacha, who
was Head of State from 1994
till 1998, was from the core
North and he died under
mysterious circumstances
while in office. Alhaji Umaru
Yar’Adua, who was President
from 2007 till 2010, was from
the core North and he died
while in office.
No one deserves to be killed
or to die in such mysterious
circumstances and no one
deserves to suffer
incarceration unlawfully. I am
saddened by what each and
everyone of these respected
leaders suffered and by
what they were forced to go
through. I deplore murder,
violence, bloodshed and the
unconstitutional removal of
democratically elected
Presidents and Prime Min
isters. I do not relish what
happened to any of them and
neither do I endorse what
befell them. However, it is
clear to me, as it ought to be
clear to any discerning
reader, that there is more to
all this than meets the eye. It
is not a coincidence. There is
a clearly established pattern
of sad and unfortunate
events here that cannot be
ignored or wished away and
that must be critically exam
ined. In short, there is
clearly a bigger picture in all
this and a concise message
that many of us fail to
appreciate, acknowledge or
recognise. |
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