There's this misconception going around by these stupid majority tribes that are utterly ignoramus and incompetent about the so called middlebelt or North central.

The north central or middlebelt connotation is just a political name for an area of NIG it absolutely has no meaning, like south south,southeast,southwest etc they are simply political interest connotations giving by the military rulers of NIG. It has no effects on the tribes in the territorial area.It can be called anything and it doesn't signify allegiance to the caliphate.

The middle belt was administered by the British as part of northern Nigeria, it is this legacy that the military and political rulers continued with,and no fault of the constituent tribes albeit it has no political meaning today,as the middlebelt has even largely voted against the core north.

Also note that the region has a lot of Muslims who will be obviously sympathetic to the caliphate

Unlike the southeast,southwest,or north west or even south south or northeast which have tribes of single origin or common language and are effectively a single block.

The northeast and most especially the "northcentral" is composed of varying tribes with most of them not having shared origin or language.

For example the major tribes in Benue, the tiv and idoma have totally different origin,language and culture.

The tribes in kogi have different languages and culture,likewise nasarawa,and plateau. Etc.

They all have different approach to life, make varying political choices and different sentiments towards the Fulani or core northern centres or caliphate.

Some of their politicians might be loyal to the caliphate like Simon lalong but many are opposed to it like Jonah jang.

I see a lot of Southerners lumping the middlebelt experience as one experience and trying to label them with a single brush.

Any middlebelt tribe that is willing to be a sitting duck to the Fulani like tribes in plateau and Benue is left to them.

We are not one people and will fight the Fulani separately in our own various ways and means.

Meanwhile the stupid southerners who are even the ones that enabled this Fulani rampage with their utter incompetence and stupid laws and military better sit this one out and stop their disparaging comments about the middlebelt, if they can't help as they likely can't given the fact that they are big for nothing tribes they should keep shut.

Let each "middlebelt" tribe deal with the situation the way they can.

Enough of the insults to Middlebelt people,the southern tribes even the south east are not any better,as they are largely ignorant and incompetent enabling the Fulani even in their own lands as we can see in ekiti.

All these southerners know to do is to insult everyone they think they are better than when they are clearly not having been slaves in most of their history and their failures to develop or even secure their own territory in NIG even with the big redundant populations.

Same thing with SS and NE

I agree. Ilorin used to be South West.

Your points though laced with stupid insults are well documented and noted

VeryWickedMan:
I agree. Ilorin used to be South West.

The reason Azikiwe did everything to Frustrate the agreed Post independence Kwara Referendum was because he knew Kwara wanted to return to the Western Region and there was no way they wouldn't win the referendum

That was why he was happy to have Midwest Referendum but made sure the Eastern Minorities and Kwara didn't get theirs

We accept that Azikiwe keenly regretted it Later after seeing the disaster Ojukwu led his people into just to stop the Eastern Minorities from Breaking away

Christistruth00:


The reason Azikiwe did everything to Frustrate the agreed Post independence Kwara Referendum was because he knew Kwara wanted to return to the Western Region and there was no way they wouldn't win the referendum

This has nothing to do with Azikiwe.
There is an Emir in Ilorin not Oba.

VeryWickedMan:


This has nothing to do with Azikiwe.
There is an Emir in Ilorin not Oba.

If there are 5 Fulani in Ilorin there are 100 Yorubas in return

Do you know that the Yorubas had finished defeating the Ilorin Emir the British reinstated him as a reward for selling out the Sultan of Sokoto when Lord Lugard ambushed and killed him in Gombe

That aside

Kwara Governors are always Yorubas ,any Traditional Ruler that Misbehaves they are free to Remove

Emir of Ilorin fully Submits to them
He has no Choice

Emir of Ilorin was Checkmated long ago
He is a Servant of the Governor
All Kwara Governors are Sons of the Soil

We already have Ilorin because we Control Kwara

What remains are religious differences between our own People


The British fought the Yoruba Ruler of ilorin called Balogun Inakoju alanamu in 1900 to take Over Ilorin

The Emir had already been defeated and deposed by him and his followers

Balogun alanamu was the Yoruba Ruler of ilorin

The rest is Tribal Politics

There are some Historians who even claim the real reason the British reinstated the Emir in Ilorin was because he was the one that gave Lord Lugard the information that was used to Track down and kill the fleeing Sultan of Sokoto Caliphate Attahiru and his Jihadist Army at Gombe
So the British reinstated hin as Emir of Ilorin as a reward

Many Fulani even see the Emir of Ilorin as a Traitor who sold out the Sultan of Sokoto Attahiru and his Sokoto Caliphate to the British

The Yorubas also deposed the Emir of Ilorin in 1934 he fled to Kaduna and was again reinstated by the British after 2 years

Just beg the Emir to try nonsense with the Yoruba Governor and see if he isn't removed

Read 1900 British Colonial Document below

Christistruth00:



If there are 5 Fulani in Ilorin there are 100 Yorubas in return

Arabs outnumber Jews in the Middle East yet they dare not try nonsense.

VeryWickedMan:


Arabs outnumber Jews in the Middle East yet they dare not try nonsense.

The Emir of Ilorin dare not try any nonsense with the Yoruba Governors or he is gone

And the elected Governors of Kwara are always Yorubas

In Yoruba Warfare Strategy you don't always use your Joker Card

Christistruth00:



If there are 5 Fulani in Ilorin there are 100 Yorubas in return

And you're not ashamed that just 5 fulani are lording it over a 100 yorubas in illorin?

Na who do these people this kind jazz abeg, I need the babalawo contact

Christistruth00:



The Emir of Ilorin dare not try any nonsense with the Yoruba Governors or he is gone

And the elected Governors of Kwara are always Yorubas

In Yoruba Warfare Strategy you don't always use your Joker Card

You lied,in Nigeria of today the emir of illorin is greater than Kwara governor who is just a political puppet.

Ibadanpikin:
You lied,in Nigeria of today the emir of illorin is greater than Kwara governor who is just a political puppet.

Emir of Ilorin only bears Emir...his maternal lineage is complete yoruba and has yoruba names.he can't even speak fulfude...the official language in emir Palace is YORUBA!.....not even HAUSA being spoken in all other caliphate....All Ilorin indigens identified themselves as yoruba.....Having them in North Central is strategic for we yorubas ....the current deputy senate leader is gbenga Ashiru and he represents North Central.So,Its more or less the senate leader and deputy senate leaders are yorubas.Just like yorubas occupies the VP and senate president 2015 to 2019.
The main reason why gbajabiamila lost to dogara was because the North saw bukola saraki as a yoruba man

That is just common sense but Obidients think they are one and the same. To an Obidient, an Hausa man or Berom man Plateau Jos is same thing as an Okun man from Kogi or an Igala man from Benue.

Ibadanpikin:
You lied,in Nigeria of today the emir of illorin is greater than Kwara governor who is just a political puppet.

How can an emir be greater than a governor. LMAO., as powerful as the emir of Kano was it the Deji of Akure, they were both removed and kicked to the curb by governors of the respective state.

chopnaira:

How can an emir be greater than a governor. LMAO., as powerful as the emir of Kano was it the Deji of Akure, they were both removed and kicked to the curb by governors of the respective state.

Kano governor might be stronger than an emir,but not Kwara state governor due to political and religious reasons.

Ibadanpikin:
Kano governor might be stronger than an emir,but not Kwara state governor due to political reasons.

what reason? Emir of Kano is much more powerful than almost any emir in Nigeria and he was kicked to the curb. Lol.

In Nigeria, a governor will dethrone an emir, Igwe or oba and nothing will happen.

chopnaira:
what reason? Emir of Kano is much more powerful than almost any emir in Nigeria and he was kicked to the curb. Lol.

In Nigeria, a governor will dethrone an emir, Igwe or oba and nothing will happen.

Governor should go and dethrone Oba of Benin, I want to see something.

BloomingDale:


Governor should go and dethrone Oba of Benin, I want to see something.

He would be dethroned. Heaven will not fall. Same Oba of Benin that was out in handcuff and shackles by colonial Oyinbos. Mtchew.

Basic123:



Emir of Ilorin only bears Emir...his maternal lineage is complete yoruba and has yoruba names.he can't even speak fulfude...the official language in emir Palace is YORUBA!.....not even HAUSA being spoken in all other caliphate....All Ilorin indigens identified themselves as yoruba.....Having them in North Central is strategic for we yorubas ....the current deputy senate leader is gbenga Ashiru and he represents North Central.So,Its more or less the senate leader and deputy senate leaders are yorubas.Just like yorubas occupies the VP and senate president 2015 to 2019.
The main reason why gbajabiamila lost to dogara was because the North saw bukola saraki as a yoruba man

Emir is a fulani title,whether the speak fulfude or not.Installing emir in illorin which is not a fulani city,shows that illorin is under Sokoto caliphate.A governor in Kwara has no power over the emir in illorin due to the caliphate.

chopnaira:

He would be dethroned. Heaven will not fall. Same Oba of Benin that was out in handcuff and shackles by colonial Oyinbos. Mtchew.

Lol. We are talking of the governors, not any colonial Oyinbo. Only the ones in South West can easily be dethroned.

BloomingDale:


Lol. We are talking of the governors, not any colonial Oyinbo. Only the ones in South West can easily be dethroned.

After God, na Goverment. It doesn't matter if it's oyinbo or black man Government. Ps: Former Emir of Kano (Sanusi) is not in the SW. Hide your tribalism for once. It makes you appear non intelligent.

If your Oba commits a crime, he would be jailed and another sworn in. No king is above the constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria.

chopnaira:
what reason? Emir of Kano is much more powerful than almost any emir in Nigeria and he was kicked to the curb. Lol.

In Nigeria, a governor will dethrone an emir, Igwe or oba and nothing will happen.

A yoruba or any other tribe governor,can not dethrone an emir in illorin,reason been that illorin is a conquered city by the caliphate.Ask your self who are those who created Kwara state and made illorin it's capital upon knowing fully that yoruba are the major dominant tribe there.

Ibadanpikin:
A yoruba or any other tribe governor,can not dethrone an emir in illorin,reason been that illorin is a conquered city by the caliphate.Ask your self who are those who created Kwara state and made illorin it's capital upon knowing fully that yoruba are the major dominant tribe there.

I don't think I have ever read a more foolish post on Nairaland.

chopnaira:
what reason? Emir of Kano is much more powerful than almost any emir in Nigeria and he was kicked to the curb. Lol.

In Nigeria, a governor will dethrone an emir, Igwe or oba and nothing will happen.

Stop deceiving yourself ..... not even Tinubu will dare try to remove Emir of Ilorin talk less of a puppet Governor of Kwara state, even Soyinka was warned by Arewa last year over Ilorin and Emir

opamoses1:

I don't think I have ever read a more foolish post on Nairaland.

What that dude wrote is a true fact

Oga you are not speaking for middlebelt, I'm very sure you are either from Kano or sokoto, majority of the indigenous tribes in the middlebelt are Christian, most of the Muslim in the middlebelt are settlers from the core north, all tribes in the middlebelt share many things in common, from food to dressing, the intermarriage and attend the same church, their way of lives in same from St KD to plateau, Benue,nasarawa,kogi and taraba. Any politician from the middle belt ass licking the caliphate is doing so for his political gain, not love for the caliphate. all the tribes and plateau always team up to fight the common enemy whenever they need arise, from Jos to yelwa Shendam, same in nasarawa, Benue and taraba, Christian all over the world share common values, so Mr fulani, remove Federal government interference in the middle belt affair and see how United the people are against land grabbing Fulani terrorist.