I'm asking this question not out of spite or anything, but it has always baffled me as to how a minority wandering tribe like the Fulani have such a powerful grip and influence in the corridors of power in Nigeria over the more populated and influential Hausas, Yorubas and Igbos... needless to mention the other 350 or so tribes in Nigeria... in the diaspora alone, Southerners especially Igbos and yorubas account for about 70% of the various landmarks of groundbreaking achievements attained by Nigerians (let's forget the negatives), but if you check any Nigerian making waves in the top academic institutions and fields in Europe, America etc chances are 9 out of 10 that Nigerian will either be Yoruba or Igbo... you BARELY hear of Northerners especially the Fulani making any sort of headlines in these climes where merit thrives over mediocrity... But when you come to Nigeria, it's almost as if every tribe is scared of the Fulani's? I mean these are the same people who were wiped out in Central Africa republic and other parts of Africa where they were giving trouble, how come they almost untouchable in Nigeria? is the much touted education and sophistication of the South overhyped? are the Fulani actually more intelligent than the entire ethnic groups in Nigeria? are we failing to give them the credit they deserve for how very cunning and politically sagacious the Fulani are? The fact that a minority Fulani tribe not only conquered the more influential and populated Hausas to a point of complete and irreparable servitude, and then pulled off the BIGGEST heist in modern history by scamming a whole nation of 200 or more million people into helplessly accepting the Fulani political hegemony and power bloc in Nigeria is definitely a case study material that surely befuddles human imagination.

Not up to 8 million