A TIME TO DECIDE
By Femi Fani-Kayode
Today there was a clash between Yoruba and
Fulani youths in Ketu, Lagos state in which a
number of people on both sides and some of our
security agents were apparantly killed.
Just a few days ago over 300 people were killed
by well-armed Fulani herdsmen in Agatu, Benue
state.

Throughout the country Fulani militias and
herdsmen are wreaking havoc and are
slaughtering their compatriots for one reason or
the other.

Worse of all is the fact that our Fulani-led
Federal Government and our Fulani-led Armed
Forces are killing thousands of young igbos in
the east simply because of their support for
Nnamdi Kanu and their call for the establishment
of the independent sovereigh state of Biafra.

As all this is going on our economy has ground
to a halt and the war against Boko Haram and
islamist terror is still raging.

Today Nigeria has the dubious distinction of
having within its borders the first and the fourth
most deadly terrorist organisations in the world
according to the Global Terror Index.

People are being slaughtered, abducted, pillaged,
kidnapped and raped all over the country on a
daily basis by the same group of vandals and
heartless beasts simply because they believe
that their own is now in power and that they can
get away with it yet no-one appears prepared to
do anything about it or call a spade a spade.

In the light of all these facts the question on
everyone's lips is what is to be done? We all
hope and pray for peace and unity in our country
but judging by the way things are going perhaps
the first question that we have to address is
whether we really have a country at all and, if
we agree that we do, whether it will or can
remain united and as one for much longer.

The rise of radical islam and the use of terror to
achieve the objectives of those who espouse and
believe in it has changed the world forever. Our
country cannot be exempted or left out of this.
We have changed forever as well and things can
never be the same in Nigeria again.

Those that are in power in our country today
appear to have a soft-spot for the terrorists and
for reasons best known to himself our President
has simply refused to condemn the murderous
activities of the Fulani herdsmen and militias.

This is probably because he is, and has been for
many years, the Life Patron of the Fulani Cattle
Rearers Association: which is the umbrella
organisation of the Fulani herdsmen and militias.

Then there is the sad and pitiful case of Ese
Oruru in which the Fulani Emir of Kano played an
unspecified and unclear role in the abduction,
forced islamisation, rape, torture and kidnapping
of a 14 year old southern christian girl whilst our
security agencies turrned a blind eye to the
whole thing and refused to rescue her for
months.

It has been alleged that the girl was kept against
her will at the Emir's palace and that one way or
the other she was used as a sex slave and she
came out pregnant. Despite all this the police
have refused to pick him up and compel him to
answer the necessary questions that could have
cleared the air.

All this because "his" people are in power and
they believe that thay can get away with
anything and everything, including pedophilia,
slavery and, in many cases, murder.
Nothing reflects the degeneration to which our
country and our values have been subjected to
better than this.

Sadly even the PDP, which is the leading
opposition party and which ought to serve as a
rallying point for change and keep the
government on their toes appears to have
faltered and capitulated.

They have appointed as their National Chairman
a man that has questionanle antecedents and
that has questions to answer about his role in
the evolution and formation of Boko Haram.
The warped logic of those that imposed him is
that in order to fight a terror-loving party like the
APC you must also have a terrorist leading yours.
I cannot and will never accept such views or
subscribe to such reprehensible tactics.

The good news is that he will only be there for
three months if he sticks to the agreement but
whichever way you look at it it does not look as
if the opposition PDP, with the present crop of
leaders that constitutes its National Working
Commitee, is capable of liberating us from the
bondage that we have found ourselves in or
bringing the nation any hope of deliverance or
joy.

It is time for us to do what we must do to save
our country and if those that believe that they
own it refuse to be reasonable and fair to the
rest of us, perhaps we should consider the
possibility of redefining her.

The Nigeria of today reminds me of Yugoslavia
before its civil war and breaking up into five
separate countries. We are living in very
dangerous times.

The Fulanis are like the Serbs of old in
Yugoslavia: dominating, cunning and relentless.
They have their own ethnic and religious militias
and they are also fully in power. The only
difference is that the Serbs were christians
whilst the Fulani are muslims.

They both used their religious faith to muster
support and effect their purpose. One day though
the yoke will be broken and we shall be free.
I conclude this contributiom with the following
words which I believe are prophetic.

O ye sons of Futa Jalo and ye daughters of the
Vulture mountain and bitter waters: your princes
and kings shall be exposed and brought to heel
and you shall pay a heavy price for your
oppression, wickedness and many sorceries.

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