By Saharareporters, New York
The Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI), led by Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, today declared that there was a grand design to plunge Northern Nigeria – and by extension Nigeria – into a deeper crisis.

The Sultan, who is the leader of Nigerian Muslims, was reacting to yesterday’s bombings in the Sabon Gari area of Kano town and Saturday’s violent attacks in Borno State. The Sultan’s reaction was contained in a statement issued in Kaduna.

It stated: “JNI once again under the leadership of His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, the Sultan of Sokoto and the President-General, received with bewilderment the news of the orchestrated multiple bomb blasts which were reported to have occurred yesterday night, at Sabon Gari, Kano, Kano State resulting in collateral damages and many lives lost. We strongly condemn the inhuman and ungodly act in its totality as it is reprehensible, and we equally call for calm and restraint. As it has always been our prayers, whatsoever is the intent/motive of the perpetrators of these contemptible acts, they will never succeed insha'Allah.

“JNI is perplexed that this act of unleashing terror on human lives continues unabated, despite visible number of uncountable security check-points mounted all through Northern Nigeria. More worrisome is the fact that this beastly act of terror comes just 24 hours after unleashing same on fishermen and traders in Kaka and Kukawa Local Government Areas of Borno State, which also claimed many innocent lives and [the loss] of many properties worth millions of naira.”

The JNI further stated: “These repeated acts call for concerted introspection, as they again point to the fact that there is the urgent need for proactive and effective ways of addressing these precarious security upheavals presently being witnessed in the country. JNI is also worried and cannot understand what is really happening. The perpetrators should be fished out and punished in accordance with the laws of the land.

“While we send our condolences to the families of the bereaved, the Government of Borno and Kano States, their Royal Highnesses, Shehu of Borno and the Emir of Kano, we once again call on all concerned as a matter of urgency to nip in the bud future re-occurrences, which we don't pray for. As it is becoming more and more glaring to the right thinking person, there is a grand design to push the entire North into deeper crises and by extension the Nigerian federation.

“Therefore, we call on all Muslims to fervently engage in Du’a (prayer), that will bring an end to these nagging nightmares of insecurity in our great country and may Allah, the Most High, save us from the enemies of peace and development, whosesoever they may be, especially that we are in the most sacred days of Ramadan. Hence all Imams are to include this in their respective Al-Qunut (special prayers). Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!”


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Osyxcel: Then find a way to destroy the plan, not just words without action.

Godman_n:

How do you expect him to find a way to destroy the plan. Does he command Nigerian Police, Armed Forces, SSS or NIA?

What then becomes the dtuties of the Presidency?

Was it the American citizens that Fight Terrorrism or the America Presidency?

Godman_n:

How do you expect him to find a way to destroy the plan. Does he command Nigerian Police, Armed Forces, SSS or NIA?

What then becomes the dtuties of the Presidency?

Was it the American citizens that Fight Terrorrism or the America Presidency?

ilugunboy: Nigeria has never have it this bad......

Iyfe Namikaze:
Is it the presidency that fight terrorrism or the military?

Godman_n:

Yes. We have never had it this bad.

Most annoying is the fact that we lack the ability to see where the problem is coming from. And if we cannot diagnose the problem properly, a solution will never come.

Our enemies have succeeded in dividing us. They have set us against each other. So long as we remain divided; the mutual distrust and suspicion will never allow us see the truth.

The Igbos, Yorubas and Huasas; every other Nigerians residence in the North is being massacred on daily basis and no one is owning up to the responsibility of leading the task to reveal who the real killers are.

Can the North be destroying itself? I have serious doubt. Does the South have the capacity to inflict this level of damage on the North? I have doubts?

Who then is responsible? Can Northern go to the extent of maiming their people and their home economy for the sake of politics as being alleged by Southerners? This does not make sense.

Is Jonathan administration responsible? I cannot see how this can be possible?

Who then is responsible? I suspect an external Aggressor with ulterior motive. Which motive can I attribute to this? The motive of 2015 as stated years ago by the American secret services.

Who then is responsible for the carnage in northern Nigeria? I suspect same international spy-network working with some paid local collaborators.

Who is the Federal government culpable? Their inability to marshal a solution is telling. I suspect senior people in this government and the security services have been heavily compromised. Also very important is the fact that our military men these days are hardly qualified. Nepotism has finished every aspect of our national life.

Iyfe Namikaze:
Is it the presidency that fight terrorrism or the military?

ilugunboy:

In as much...I don't much believe in conspiracy theories....you have some very valid and though-provoking points up there.

Godman_n:

Yes. We have never had it this bad.

Most annoying is the fact that we lack the ability to see where the problem is coming from. And if we cannot diagnose the problem properly, a solution will never come.

Our enemies have succeeded in dividing us. They have set us against each other. So long as we remain divided; the mutual distrust and suspicion will never allow us see the truth.

The Igbos, Yorubas and Huasas; every other Nigerians residence in the North is being massacred on daily basis and no one is owning up to the responsibility of leading the task to reveal who the real killers are.

Can the North be destroying itself? I have serious doubt. Does the South have the capacity to inflict this level of damage on the North? I have doubts?

Who then is responsible? Can Northern go to the extent of maiming their people and their home economy for the sake of politics as being alleged by Southerners? This does not make sense.

Is Jonathan administration responsible? I cannot see how this can be possible?

Who then is responsible? I suspect an external Aggressor with ulterior motive. Which motive can I attribute to this? The motive of 2015 as stated years ago by the American secret services.

Who then is responsible for the carnage in northern Nigeria? I suspect same international spy-network working with some paid local collaborators.

Who is the Federal government culpable? Their inability to marshal a solution is telling. I suspect senior people in this government and the security services have been heavily compromised. Also very important is the fact that our military men these days are hardly qualified. Nepotism has finished every aspect of our national life.

Osyxcel:

I agree with you, that's why the Northerners need to find a way to nip this in the bud. The North belongs to the Northerners, they shouldn't allow some elements to destroy the North for them and by extension Nigeria.

They don't control the military, but these people still operate from amongst their midst.

Godman_n:

By Saharareporters, New York
The Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI), led by Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, today declared that there was a grand design to plunge Northern Nigeria – and by extension Nigeria – into a deeper crisis.

The Sultan, who is the leader of Nigerian Muslims, was reacting to yesterday’s bombings in the Sabon Gari area of Kano town and Saturday’s violent attacks in Borno State. The Sultan’s reaction was contained in a statement issued in Kaduna.

It stated: “JNI once again under the leadership of His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, the Sultan of Sokoto and the President-General, received with bewilderment the news of the orchestrated multiple bomb blasts which were reported to have occurred yesterday night, at Sabon Gari, Kano, Kano State resulting in collateral damages and many lives lost. We strongly condemn the inhuman and ungodly act in its totality as it is reprehensible, and we equally call for calm and restraint. As it has always been our prayers, whatsoever is the intent/motive of the perpetrators of these contemptible acts, they will never succeed insha'Allah.

“JNI is perplexed that this act of unleashing terror on human lives continues unabated, despite visible number of uncountable security check-points mounted all through Northern Nigeria. More worrisome is the fact that this beastly act of terror comes just 24 hours after unleashing same on fishermen and traders in Kaka and Kukawa Local Government Areas of Borno State, which also claimed many innocent lives and [the loss] of many properties worth millions of naira.”

The JNI further stated: “These repeated acts call for concerted introspection, as they again point to the fact that there is the urgent need for proactive and effective ways of addressing these precarious security upheavals presently being witnessed in the country. JNI is also worried and cannot understand what is really happening. The perpetrators should be fished out and punished in accordance with the laws of the land.

“While we send our condolences to the families of the bereaved, the Government of Borno and Kano States, their Royal Highnesses, Shehu of Borno and the Emir of Kano, we once again call on all concerned as a matter of urgency to nip in the bud future re-occurrences, which we don't pray for. As it is becoming more and more glaring to the right thinking person, there is a grand design to push the entire North into deeper crises and by extension the Nigerian federation.

“Therefore, we call on all Muslims to fervently engage in Du’a (prayer), that will bring an end to these nagging nightmares of insecurity in our great country and may Allah, the Most High, save us from the enemies of peace and development, whosesoever they may be, especially that we are in the most sacred days of Ramadan. Hence all Imams are to include this in their respective Al-Qunut (special prayers). Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!”


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Godman_n:

I remember clearly the time of Kidnappers in Aba? Why did we not say Igbos or even the Abian should solve the Kidnappers problem? Was it not a combined team of Nigerian Army and Police that went in to quench stuff.

Are we not avoiding the truth by saying the ordinary Northerners should confrot a wider and more difficult phenomnon called terrorrism?

My take is that Boko Haram is beyond ordinary people. I see frustration in the frustrations of the Sultan. I have seen such from Adebayaro of Kano and Shehu of Borno.

As one who have read much about how my people suffered during Biafra and wish nobody such fate; as one who still nurse the aim that Nigeria may work for the benefit of every Nigerian in particular and Blackman in general; as one who sees the hope of a rejevunated Africa from a standing Nigeria; I wish we can stand up as a people and challenge Boko Haram.

I wish we should challenge GEj to confront Boko haram; and give us reasonable explanation to who are responsible for this carnage. I wish anyone who cannot protect all of us as equal citizens should never aspire to rule us.

I wish I can muster the capacity to put this Boko haram to a stop and not onlyt expose all those behind it; but call them to justice.

Osyxcel:

Don't get me wrong. They can't face it alone, they surely need as much help as they can get from the Federal Government, but they also need to complement the efforts of the Federal Govt.

They might be doing something, but they need to do more, these nonenties live and operate amongst them, they have been exposing them in recent times, but these people seem to be too many amongst them. They need to find better means of exposing these people.

These people seem to have mixed so much with the locals, it'll be hard for the security agencies to fish them out all by themselves, this is where d Northern people come in.

Also, I think there are some top officials in d North aiding these people, these officials nid 2 b flushed out.

Duru1:


The above trash from so-called Sultan is arrant nonsense. I sincerely hope this would plunge Nigeria into crisis enough to lead to disintegration. It is plain act of sinister for the Sokoto Sultan to call only the Muslims to pray for the jungle called Nigeria instead of Nigerians. By the way, northern region of Nigeria is not inhabited by Muslim alone.

The above crap accredited to one sultan in Sokoto is nothing but a coded message to fellow Muslims.

Godman_n:

You sound childish. Grow up. The people killed in kano are not all muslims. boko Haram is killing all Nigerians. We should act within our powers to put whoever is responsible to justice. My brothers and your brothers are being killed everywhere. It is not about Religion. God created all of us and we all deserve a good life

Duru1:


There is no growing up in the subject matter. It does not perturb me whose arse is canned. I have seen more deliberate killings in Nigeria than Boko Haram has perpetrated. All I wanted is something that could lead to disintegration of idiotic Nigeria talk less of the One–Nigeria crap.

Godman_n:

Every body should be suspsect now. The government and security agencies should fish out this people now.

Godman_n:

I will appreciate your ideas on what becomes of a disintegrated Nigeria. Show me such is better than a Nigeria that is working? Show me how Nigeria that cannot work today will work better when split into tiny enclaves?

Duru1:


I honestly want Republic of Igbo land. The number of nation states out of disintegrated Nigeria does not engender a thought in my mind as far as unity is drawn from culture and tradition of the people. I shall have no use for Lagos or Abuja gateways as well as Tin Can. Each republic will be able to learn from each other by rejecting political blunders exhibited by another.

Godman_n:

I am Igbo like you. Tell me how Igbo will work as a country. What will be the fate of all Igbos in other parts of Nigeria including their investment? Do you think the countries that will emerge will protect them? Have you given a thougths to what is happening to Igbos in Ghana and cameroon; how they are being harrassed?

We will be harrased if and when Nigeria breaks up. Have you thought of being land-locked and its implications? The Niger Delta people will collect taxes on every dam import we make. What about ordinary foods?

When and how are you going to immediately replace the food stuffs coming down from Benue and the North? The yams, Tomatoes, onions and the rest?

What about our population explosion? How soon can we all cope if we all head home?

That apart, when you analyse the economy of scale and large market (which Nigeria can give better than your small Bifra/Ododuwa/Arewa); you will see we are better off staying together.

Ask yourself, why Ecowas, European Union and all the numerous trade zones of the world are coming together. It is only for the sake of big economic market. Now the market we have as being one country you are dividing. Are you aware China is China becuase of the size of their Economy? That is one advantage they have over America and Europe. Population counts when it comes to Economic power.

A country with large population will always attract investment. Such country can dictate the terms of such investments. A small country atracts no investment.

being very honest. Are you aware that Igbo land and South South is more corrupt that Northern part of the country when it comes down to individuals? How are we going to battle this corruption as a country.

I particular, till date, two individuals still pockets all the monthly allocation to my L.G.A. and no one can challenge them. That was how rotten Igbo land can be with our OMATTA mentality.

I see no better place in Igbo as a country than we can get in Nigeria. We can all make Nigeria work for all of us

mikeywise: If u think breaking up will solve the problems of Nigeria, then am afraid to tell u wake up from your sleep.
Even if we eventually break up, can Abia and Imo live in peace, can Benue and plateau live in peace, can Rivers and Bayelsa live in peace? The list is endless even within states, we have seen ethnic clashes here and there. These among others are the reasons y breaking up won't solve anything.
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By the way, I am full blooded igbo man.