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RIBADU’S SECURITY APPARATUS EXISTS TO SERVE NORTHERN ISLAMIC INTERESTS

That is not a conspiracy theory. It is what the evidence shows.

Nigeria's security apparatus has more counterterrorism technology and coordination infrastructure than ever before. In January 2024, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps received brand new surveillance drones and advanced communications equipment. Eleven months later, in December 2024, the NSCDC dedicated its Counter Terrorism Command and Control Center at national headquarters in Abuja — with much fanfare, a cabinet minister in attendance — described by the Commandant General himself as "a state-of-the-art hub for communication, coordination and intelligence sharing which would facilitate rapid response and precision in counter terrorism."

Rapid response. Precision. Counter terrorism.

So where is the rapid response when Christians are being massacred?

June 2025, Yelewata, Benue State. Advance warning received three weeks before the attack. A second warning the day before. A military base less than one kilometer away. Security forces retreated. Nearly 300 Christians burned alive in market stalls.

March 2026, Ngoshe, Borno State. Three hundred Nigerian soldiers stationed in the town. They withdrew before the first shot. Over 100 killed. 300 abducted into slavery. The government had been paying displaced Christians in Cameroon to return. They came back and were massacred.

Christmas 2023. Easter 2024. Warning after warning. Promise after promise. Body after body.

The technology exists. The warnings arrive. The forces stand down.

Now watch what happens when the same apparatus turns in the other direction.

The Nigerian government, with no hearing or deliberation, unilaterally declared IPOB — the Indigenous People of Biafra — a terrorist organization. That designation has been challenged by Nigeria's own courts. It is not recognized by any other government on earth. No international body. No Western ally. No African Union member state. Nigeria stands alone in that designation.

Unlike the jihad groups in the North the government insists on calling "bandits" and "herders," IPOB hasn't slaughtered villages, burned churches and schools, enslaved or kidnapped anyone, or displaced millions. But the government calls them terrorists, and that designation is enough.

Because with IPOB labeled terrorists, the CT-C4's counterterrorism mandate legally covers the Southeast. The surveillance drones that never seem to spot Fulani militia movements in Benue have been deployed over Igbo communities in Enugu, Imo, Anambra, and Abia. The rapid response that never materializes for burning Christians in the Middle Belt has been fully activated against political activists in Igbo-majority states.

This is not hypothetical. Federal security forces have conducted multiple military operations in the Southeast under the IPOB terrorism designation — operations with no equivalent ever mounted against Fulani militias that have killed tens of thousands and displaced millions.

The Fulani militia gets a stand-down. The Igbo get a drone overhead and a terrorism designation their own courts have questioned.

That is not a malfunction. It appears to me that is the system working exactly as designed.

Now ask who designed it.

The NSCDC Counter Terrorism Unit operates inside a Northern Muslim-dominated command structure. Its Commandant General — Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, son of an Islamic cleric — was reappointed by President Tinubu in February 2026, bypassing the established succession protocol that would have transferred authority to the most senior Deputy Commandant General, who is Igbo. Senior NSCDC officers called the situation "deeply troubling."

Audi reports to National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. The man who publicly calls jihadist militants his "brothers." Who coordinated the arming of Miyetti Allah Fulani militias with AK-47 rifles under a federal security operation. Who personally signed a $9 million Washington lobbying contract to suppress the Nigeria genocide narrative.

The man responsible for Nigeria's counterterrorism coordination arms the Fulani militias slaughtering Christians. Oversees the apparatus that receives advance warnings of those attacks. And his forces stand down every single time.

While those same forces remain ready — legally authorized, technologically equipped — to move against the Igbo at any moment, under a terrorism designation no one else in the world recognizes.

Now add Turkey.

On Christmas Day 2025, President Trump bombed ISIS in Sokoto. The following day, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi — the Northern cleric who publicly defends Boko Haram and ISWAP and serves as the government's appointed mediator with jihadist groups — issued a public demand: Nigeria must halt all military cooperation with the United States immediately. "If Nigeria wants military assistance," Gumi declared, "China, Turkey, and Pakistan can do the job effectively."

Within weeks Tinubu was on a plane to Ankara.

January 2026 — nine agreements signed with Erdogan including a Military Cooperation Protocol. April 2026 — Nigeria's Defense Minister confirms: 200 Nigerian special forces to Turkey for training. A permanent Turkish training facility on Nigerian soil.

The organization most likely to staff that facility is SADAT International Defense Consultancy — founded by 23 Turkish officers expelled from their military for Salafist ideology. Their stated mission: helping the Islamic world achieve military superpower status. Their founder declared in 2019 that SADAT exists to "pave the way for the long-awaited Mahdi." He specifically named Nigeria as a country where jihadist groups deserve protection from African governments. The US Defense Department accused SADAT of training ISIS and al-Qaeda fighters.

An NSCDC Counter Terrorism Unit operating inside a Northern Muslim-dominated command structure, under a Commandant General who bypassed Igbo succession, reporting to an NSA who publicly embraces jihadist militants as brothers, equipped with surveillance technology, and now being expanded through a Turkish military training pipeline founded by Salafist officers whose stated mission is preparing the world for the Mahdi — is not a unit whose personnel composition you would expect to be transparent or friendly to Christian communities or the Igbo people.

It is Islamic conquest infrastructure wearing a security agency's uniform.

And it is being upgraded.

If you have information about the staffing, operations, or command structure of the NSCDC Counter Terrorism Unit — or about how this apparatus has been deployed in the Southeast — we want to hear from you.

#EarthShaker
Mike Arnold

Seyi tinubu will be like, what kind of problem is this? Why can't this people just calm down and take this shege my father is giving them in peace

Diamond098454:
He will still divorce this one and marry another in two years

This your evil prayers shall return to you in a thousand folds.

It's well. Regardless of what

It's a lie. No state in Yoruba land can be overrun, we are strong and know what to do. We cannot allow all this propaganda and evil wish because of the coming election

You can't keep waiting for protection from government when it's not forth coming, it's obvious that the government doesn't have any interest in protecting the citizens from the attacks basically because of the agreement reached to get them to be on the seat at aso rock, you have to resort to self help and organize your place, call your people to come and you guys find a way to acquire guns and ammo to protect yourselves

NothingDoMe:
True. If you look deeper you'll agree that Turkey has become a threat to Israel's existence so they inevitably will be depowered like Iran.

turkey is a NATO member and taking a decisive action against them like in the case of Iran, will have a consequence on NATO and the way it's structured.

Lawly:
That will even be good. Turkey alongside Iran has been targeting other countries via terror sponsorship. If what they do and wish others happen to them, isn't that justice? That will be very very pleasant. So let it happen.

You know that turkey will stand against this and probably will cause issues to NATO and world peace.

BlakKluKluxKlan:
Yes, but the truth is Erdogan does not consider any bloc charter except what's good for him.
I just feel the Kurds have suffered too many persecutions especially from ISIS ænd Turkey while NATO looked the other way

NATO look the other way because of turkey been a member, NATO can't sponsor or support any disintegration of any sect, tribe or group from a member country.

Zocalite:
Is turkey in nato

yes turkey is a NATO member

Gotocourt:
the kurds wont cut part of iran. i read the conditions.

alright

shox:
I am even more concerned about the weapons getting to sub Sahara Africa. We go begin battle boko haram wahala again.

actually, then Nigeria will be the next stop

stuffs2002:
The USA care about no one

Trump is distancing America from the rest of the world

winterfell007:
Trump see NATO as a total waste of US scarce resources, better off on their own. We've seen that they can prosecute a war completely without NATO.

and he is crying and threatening Spain and UK for not backing up the war on Iran

BlakKluKluxKlan:
Does Turkey consider the impact of its attrocities on the innocent Kurdish civilians and the charter of Europe for self determination ?

To hell with Turkey and the jihadists Erdogan !
Kurdish in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran deserve a nation of their own, for Christ's sake !

The Kurdish of course have the right to self determination, my point mainly is the probability of distablisation it might cause to NATO, turkey as a NATO member might try to scatter things and in collaboration with some other European countries of NATO considering the threat from trump.

zeuss:
Every time a missile is launched from Iran, Israeli aircraft that are waiting in the sky rush in and neutralize the personnel the launchers and the stock pile of missiles that is on ground so it is only a matter of time before the missile launch stops and then the Iranians will not have the capacity to do any harm to anybody but will be sitting ducks to be had and destroyed by the kurds. Give it 1 week from today

in a way you are right, but seems like you didn't know that Iranian forces moved some of their weapons outside the shores of Iran, the aim to to continue fighting for as long as possible.

It doesn't really matter what he said, he should work out a plan to give us constant electricity and stop all this rubbish defending. Is it a crime for him to build power plants and give Nigeria 24/7 electricity?

The main objective is the destruction of Iranian nuclear capabilities and possible regime change. This war is obviously going to expose a lot of things and it's going to bring a temporary peace to the mid east and the world at large.

The actual job must be achieved first before any negotiations follow. And it must still be in the united states terms or no negotiation. The regime change is fully on ground and the funding and arming of Kurdish fighters now will hasting it.

It's obvious that khamenei is not loved by upto half of Iran population, but it's the iron fist that he used in ruling that made it look as if he is loved from outside. The real world knows

USA should be aware that arming the Kurdish in Iran can also have a huge significant impact on turkey, cos if the Kurdish should win and probably be a state of it's own, the Kurdish in turkey will also fight to join their kins in a state of their own. Is USA going to sabotage a fellow NATO country just to achieve it's own goals without considering the impact it will have on others.

That's what we will be hearing everyday and at the end of it all the populace are still hungry and many are crying ebimpawa

What ever USA wants to do in Nigeria, the united states is free to do it.

It's terrible getting worst everyday in this rubbish country

Thank you in advance

Nawaooo, things are really happening. Nobody is safe even in your own house with your own family

Nawaooo , that's just to show you how evil this people are.

You claim to be a repented tribalist, yet you are saying sh!t on how Igbos hate tinubu so much. You are just a compound f**l, no igbo man hates tinubu, it's just that Igbo man did not see tinubu as a capable leader and he is proving it right

Two faced fear fear people

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, often deflects responsibility on
difficult decisions, issuing vague statements that allows him to avoid
blame if and when things go wrong.
Following Israel's air strike on Iran, many asked if the leadership in
Tehran will respond, and of so how?
In the initial hours after Israel’s Saturday attack, supporters of the
Islamic establishment attempted to downplay it, presenting it as if there
was no need for retaliation. Silence from IRGC commanders and officials
only reinforced the perception that no response was planned.
However, Khamenei’s statements on Sunday introduced doubt among
supporters. He refrained from clearly stating whether the Islamic
Republic would respond, instead passing the decision to the Supreme
National Security Council and the government.
This move suggests Khamenei wants to avoid the responsibility of
decision-making on this matter, so that any outcome can be attributed
to other institutions.
If the Supreme National Security Council decides on a military response,
leading to a conflict with Israel and possibly the US, Khamenei can claim
it wasn’t his decision. Alternatively, if no response is chosen, he can
tell hardliners that he was prepared for conflict, but other officials
opposed it.
Despite his usual direct involvement in state matters, this time—though
the constitution grants him responsibility for war and peace, Khamenei is
acting cautiously, keeping options open for both scenarios. However, the
public, familiar with this behavior over the years, recognizes his attempt
to avoid accountability.
This is not the first time Khamenei has taken this approach. During the
anti-government protests of November 2019, when a fuel price hike
sparked widespread unrest, he distanced himself, claiming he had no
role in the decision, which he attributed to other leaders.
A similar pattern occurred in 2018, when Donald Trump announced plans
to exit the JCPOA. Khamenei stated he had always opposed the
agreement as it stood, suggesting officials had disregarded his advice.
Yet it’s well-known that the JCPOA would not have been possible
without his approval; Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Javad Zarif
negotiated with US officials under his directive, and all stages of the
negotiation were reported to him. Former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar
Salehi even revealed that before Rouhani's administration, Khamenei
had tasked him with initiating secret talks with the US in Oman.
These examples illustrate Khamenei’s tendency to deflect responsibility
during critical moments, delegating difficult decisions to others. Now,
confronted with Israel’s recent attacks on Iran’s missile, drone, and air
defense facilities—and with the potential for US involvement if
reciprocal strikes persist—he is once again refraining from taking a
clear stance.
What’s more, he has delegated decision-making to the Supreme
National Security Council, all of whose members are his appointees.
Thus, the ultimate decision on whether to attack Israel still rests with
Khamenei, though he seeks to sidestep direct accountability for potential
consequences.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic
Consultative Assembly or parliament and one of Khamenei’s close
appointees, has stated that Tehran must respond to Israel. This
indicates that if a decision to attack is made, it will likely come from
Khamenei and IRGC leaders, and other top insiders, including Ghalibaf.
In this situation, the role of institutions like the government will likely
be limited to providing funding and carrying out orders.
This presents a significant challenge, as with an empty treasury, the
Islamic Republic faces serious obstacles in funding a potential conflict.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202410287145

The White House also confirmed that President Joe Biden has been briefed on the strikes.

The White House said earlier that it was aware of the "targeted strikes against military targets in Iran” in response to Tehran’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack against Israel, Anadolu Agency reported.

"We understand that Israel is conducting targeted strikes against military targets in Iran as an exercise of self-defense," National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett claimed in a statement.

Despite the previous warnings of the officials of the Islamic Republic to the illegal Zionist regime to avoid any adventurous actions, the Tel Aviv regime attacked several military sites in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan, and Ilam on Saturday morning in a tension-causing action, it said.

Saying that the Israeli regime's attack was successfully countered by the country's integrated air defense system, Iran's air defense force added that the Zionists' aggressive action caused limited damage to several sites.

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/223545/No-US-involvement-in-Israeli-strikes-against-Iran