WHY A NEW NIGERIA IS IMPOSSIBLE
By Bayo Oluwasanmi
Sahara Reporters
27th March 2021

Getting justice in Nigeria is as impossible as for a camel to pass through the needle’s eyes. The protracted case of Sowore is a classical example. The case has been delayed, adjourned and postponed many times.

After nearly 61 years of independence, Nigeria continues to grope in the dark with no ray of hope that things will get better. Indeed, things are getting worse by the day. Out of this hopelessness grew the desire and determination for oppressed and marginalized Yoruba and Igbo to fight for self-determination that will extricate them from Fulani domination and bondage.

As expected, some Nigerians opposed break up. Some believe in revolution. But how can there be a revolution when Fulani/northerners are spectators? Yesterday, those who still believe in one Nigeria held The People’s Alternative Summit 2021: “A New Nigeria Is Possible” at National Women’s Center FCT, Abuja. Prominent among the speakers were Femi Falana (SAN) human rights lawyer and activist and Omoyele Sowore publisher SaharaReporters, activist, and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC).

I watched the summit from the beginning to the end. As usual, Falana and Sowore spoke eloquently and brilliantly dissected the ancient problems facing the directionless and ungovernable Nigeria. That’s how far I agree with them. Like majority of Nigerians, I believe a new Nigeria is absolutely impossible for the following reasons:

The Fulanis in charge of the central government are alien to civilization, rule of law, democracy, and constitution law. All the worst dictators that ever ruled Nigeria are Fulanis. The present dictator General Muhammadu Buhari is a Fulani Sunni Muslim. Like they have demonstrated time and time again, they prefer Sharia law to constitutional law. The fight for a better Nigeria is mainly by Yorubas and Igbos. The Fulanis being the major beneficiaries of federal power, purse, and nepotism, are missing in action. They are totally against anything that will radically transform Nigeria. The 1999 Constitution was written by and for Fulanis. The Constitution gives them undue advantage over other ethnic groups which is why they opposed a new constitution.

They have made the country so ungovernable. Anarchy reigns supreme everywhere you turn. There’s no law and order. Court judgments are vacated with impunity. Getting justice in Nigeria is as impossible as for a camel to pass through the needle’s eyes. The protracted case of Sowore is a classical example. The case has been delayed, adjourned and postponed many times.

Fulanis see themselves as the rightful owners of Nigeria. They feel superior to other ethnic groups. In their arrogance and obduracy, they believe they were born to rule Nigeria forever. It’s their way or the highway. To a large extent, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. As long as Fulani is the president, they don’t care how Nigeria is governed.

Every strategic positions are controlled by Fulanis: armed forces, federal civil service, justice department, federal corporations and agencies, federal institutions, foreign service, name it. They are the prosecutor, jury, and the judge. They are anathema to a new Nigeria that will level the plain field for all Nigerians. They are against meritocracy.

INEC is headed by a Fulani. Fulanis will never allow free, fair, and credible elections that will make way for a progressive, visionary, and revolutionary president like Sowore because it will hurt and halt their hegemony. It is instructive to note that all the progressive ideas - a new constitution, creation of state police, new revenue allocation formula, restructure based on devolution of power, state autonomy, etc., suggested at the National Conference initiated by former President Goodluck Jonathan were flatly rejected by Fulani/northern delegates.

In the National Assembly the Fulani/northern Reps and Senators are more than the Southwest and South-south combined. Any progressive legislation is DOA - dead on arrival! We all know the easiest way to remove incompetent politicians from office is through election. When Americans got tired of Donald Trump, they threw him out through the power of the ballot box. That’s not possible in Nigeria. In a country where Fulani federal government equates dissent, criticisms, protests, freedom of press to treasonable felony, how can you hold such a regime accountable? How can you call such a government to order?

Yorubas, Igbos, and Hausa/Fulanis have nothing in common. For example, Yorubas are urban dwellers, Fulanis are nomads. Yorubas are highly educated, enlightened, liberal, civilized, sophisticated, creative, intelligent, warm, friendly, accommodating. Whereas Fulanis are barbaric, hostile, violent, feudalistic, uninspiring, uneducated, raw, and unintelligent. These and other differences make our union unworkable and impossible. Dissolution is the answer.

We know there will be challenges in Oduduwa Nation. Our situation cannot be worst from where we are coming from. Yorubas have the capacity, capability, resources, creativity, and the resolve to make Oduduwa Nation one of the best emerging nations. There will never be one united Nigeria. Our best bet is separation. Then we can live happily ever!

bjoluwasanmi@gmail.com


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New Nigeria is impossible

what is possible is,

New Oodua
New Biafra
New Arewa

still reading...

finished reading.

I think the best thing to do is to SHUT DOWN INTERNET IN NIGERIA. why?

if the internet is shutdown, nobody will be coming online to vex out their anger. when there is no avenue to pour out anger online. maybe the citizens will get tired of containing their anger and just act offline in the real world.

if this doesn't work. then we continue managing till thy kingdom come.

All the 36 States of Nigeria get allocation every year from the centre. So far, there is NO evidence to show that Yoruba States are more advanced than Hausa/Fulani states in terms of governance, infrastructural development and sincere regional cooperation.

For examples, governance wise, it is debatable if Ayo Fayose was a better governor than Ganduje, a Fulani man. Regional integration wise, it took several years of grandstanding for Oyo and Osun to resolve the issue of LAUTECH.
Social integration wise, Yewa people are still being played by Egbas and Ijebus over governorship of Ogun State.

So, Bayo Oluwasanmi, the truth is that no race is superior to each other though circumstances of NURTURE might differ.

Since a nation is not birthed overnight, Yoruba States should show seriousness about realizing Oduduwa by first, DELIBERATELY embarking on carefully planned regional economic and social integration initiatives devoid of competition but driven by comparative advantages. European Union should be a larger model to derive a smaller model.

This same situation applies to SE, SS, and NC geopolitical zones that yearn for self-determination.

Would have been interesting if we can have a new Nigeria, but the majority will know will not want things to be done equally... If there is going to be new Nigeria then quota system must be abolished everything must be done equally among the tribes or regions involved.

Make una find me 3k abeg, i dey into deep shit today...
Na beg i dey beg

No matter how troubled the new nations may be, they can't be worse than Nigeria is already.

I hope we all agree that Nigeria is going to get worse?

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Ddokie:
No matter how troubled the new nations may be, they can't be worse than Nigeria is already.

I hope we all agree that Nigeria is going to get worse?

Nigeria will be use as a case study !

The Fulanis in charge of the central government are alien to civilization, rule of law, democracy, and constitution law. All the worst dictators that ever ruled Nigeria are Fulanis. The present dictator General Muhammadu is a Fulani Sunni Muslim.

They have demonstrated time and time again, they prefer Sharia law to constitutional law. The fight for a better Nigeria is mainly by Yorubas and Igbos. The Fulanis being the major beneficiaries of federal power, purse, and nepotism, are missing in action. They are totally against anything that will radically transform Nigeria.

The 1999 Constitution was written by and for Fulanis. The Constitution gives them undue advantage over other ethnic groups which is why they opposed a new constitution.They have made the country so ungovern-able Anarchy reigns supreme everywhere you turn. There’s no law and order. Court judgments are vacated with impunity. Getting justice in Nigeria is as impossible as for a camel to pass through the needle’s eyes

Case summary.The aliens, brutes and barbarians from Futa Jallon Plateau.

You think nigeria is togo or liberia?
If it was possible you think lie mohd won't have done it during the endsars?

LeeSantos:
still reading...

finished reading.

I think the best thing to do is to SHUT DOWN INTERNET IN NIGERIA. why?

if the internet is shutdown, nobody will be coming online to vex out their anger. when there is no avenue to pour out anger online. maybe the citizens will get tired of containing their anger and just act offline in the real world.

if this doesn't work. then we continue managing till thy kingdom come.

Brilliant article!

I’ve come to realise that those advocating for a proper reversal of our fortunes either by FULL and TOTAL restructuring or outright dissolution of the one-Nigeria/Lugardian prison...such individuals are much more brighter and intelligent than the APC/PDP/one-Nigeria advocates, who are either from the ruling Fulani hegemony, or their greedy, shameless and self-centred southern/middle-belt lackeys!

Lord Lugard.