We initially bought into the idea of GEJ wanting to depopulate the North/adopt Paul Biya’s style after he took over power from Ahidjo Ahmad because of his outburst over 1st October bombings in which he exonerated MEND in 2010.

We used our all in the North to vote him out, truly he didn’t take the insurgency seriously until towards election period It’s 4yrs gone but the North east isn’t still secured worse is the entire North west is sinking in a very short period of time with no attention from Muhammadu Buhari.

We are used to matching orders that translates into nothing from the President so who can we now point as the one behind Real depopulation of the north and complete destruction of its infrastructures? All the three geopolitical zone of the north are collapsing.

My own theory is telling me our decades of poverty glorification which made acclaimed leaders of the North docile is the reason we are facing this scary situation. While we glorified the poverty of Danliti who earns less than $100 a month with 4 wives & 15kids he’s boiling up,

Also his children whom he can’t give decent food let alone education too re boiling up, the uncontrollable births with no means/intention of caring for the children who end up as Almajirai re boiling up so all these years we where seated on a time bomb that is currently exploding.

Read more: https://thebelltimesng.com/2019/05/06/northern-nigeria-insecurity-by-zain-ameen/

Yoruba would call the Norths situation afowofa a problem created with their own hands