Kwara has been part of North since Alimi conquered it during Jihad – Magaji Nda of Ilorin




Magaji Nda of Ilorin, Alhaji Salihu Mohammed, speaks with TUNDE OYEKOLA on some allegations made by Moro Concerned Elders Movement that the Ilorin Emirate had been oppressing their people and preventing the proper grading of other traditional rulers in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State
People of Moro Local Government Area have been agitating for their exit from Ilorin Emirate over allegations of victimisation and oppression by the emirate, what do you think about it?

I’m speaking to you as Salihu Woru Mohammed and not on behalf of the Emir of Ilorin or the Ilorin Emirate.

The truth is that no Moro person is agitating for their exit from Ilorin Emirate. Those making noises are not indigenes of the area. Go and find out; they are strangers in that place. They are people whose fathers came to Moro, either to farm or do some other work there.

Moro and Ilorin are the same because most Moro people have houses in Ilorin. All of us are interwoven. My family is in Ogbondoroko in Asa Local Government Area and others have their families in all the local government areas making up the emirate; that is, Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Asa and Moro local government areas, and we are all under the Emir of Ilorin.

Ilorin Emirate started many decades ago. If you can remember, Alfa Alimi started his Jihad which he brought to this place. He united the people and we have been living together peacefully. Those agitating that they want to move out are strangers; some are railway staff members who settled to live with us after their retirement. They only want to disrupt the good work and peaceful co-existence which Alimi achieved many years ago.

How would you respond to allegations that Ilorin Emirate appoints and imposes district heads and Alangua on the people, how can you defend that?

I want to tell you that those making the allegations are not saying the truth. Nobody is oppressing anyone. Those appointed as district heads and Alangua are indigenes of the various communities in Moro. For example, the district head of Malete was born there and his father’s house and burial ground are there. Also, the district head of Ejidongari has his grandfather’s burial site there. All the Alanguas are nominees of the people before the emir endorsed them for appointment. Also, all the sons and daughters of the local government areas in the emirate enjoy benefits, including scholarships. So, I don’t know the type of oppression that they are talking about.

Those people making the allegations want to cause division among us. I have advised them that if they want a separate local government, they should follow the Constitution by telling the state House of Assembly to work towards creating a new local government for them.


It was alleged that the Emir of Ilorin warned the state governor not to grade the Ohoro of Shao and Oba of Jebba, both in Moro Local Government Area, is this true?

I want to tell you that there was no time that the emir went to the governor to give such a warning. Those people are trying to cause trouble and make people disenchanted (with the system) by not saying the truth. I want to tell you that they’re not indigenes of Moro. The people of Moro have told us that they are not their sons; they are strangers. When Moro Students’ Union members paid me a courtesy visit, I advised them that as young persons, they should not allow themselves to be used for dirty jobs by politicians. And I advised that the governor should not grade traditional rulers under Ilorin Emirate. We have a way of doing things in the emirate; we don’t want division among our people. It is not a warning, it is an advice.

You have alleged that some people are trying to cause problems in the emirate, what kind of crisis?

They have been involved in doing illegal things; there was a time that they put up a signpost in Shao to say it is the land of Oduduwa. Is Shao part of the land of Oduduwa? Did Oduduwa have any land here? Kwara has been part of the North from time immemorial. Alfa Alimi had settled that during his Jihad; it is part of the land conquered when he was propagating Islam. Ilorin Emirate is part of the place he acquired and it is not part of the South-West.

They are saying that there is no development; those making the allegations are politicians and have been in politics for a long time. Let them tell you the development that they have brought to Shao and its environs. Kwara State University, Malete was sited there because of the Ilorin Emirate; let them tell you the development they have brought to Moro.

It was alleged that the emir blocked the grading of traditional rulers in Moro Local Government Area while those graded in the past such as Ohoro of Shao and Oba of Jebba had theirs reversed. Why?

As far as I’m concerned, nobody has been graded in the five local government areas that constitute Ilorin Emirate. The Emir of Ilorin is the head and people are satisfied with him. He is the head and people live peacefully. There is peace in the emirate and the state. No traditional ruler apart from the emir is recognised.

The Ohoro of Shao and Oba of Jebba are rulers of their respective communities and they have a cordial relationship with the emir. Ohoro of Shao was a seasoned civil servant and he retired as a permanent secretary in the state civil service before he got to the throne. There is no function taking place in the palace that he does not attend. Even when I have something to do here, he comes and when he cannot come personally, he sends his wife, so there is a cordial relationship between them and the emir. Those people are not saying the truth about the emir; he is not the government that will grade them. How can he then reverse it?

How will you describe the relationship between Yoruba people and Fulani people in Ilorin?

The people of the emirate, whether Yoruba, Fulani, Baruba, Nupe, or Hausa have been living peacefully, so there is no problem. It is you people that want to cause problems among them. Look at places like Kano, Maiduguri, Ogbomoso and others, there are many tribes living there and there is unity. Nobody is worried about those leading them. The unity of this country is settled. It has been settled for long and nobody can divide us.

There are allegations that the Emir of Ilorin has not been sharing the funds from the local government area with other traditional rulers in the council, how would you respond to that?

The funds for the traditional rulers are being given to them. In Moro, we have many district heads and over 70 Alanguas. It is from the funds that they are paid and maintained. We also have Alanguas in Asa, Ilorin West, Ilorin East and Ilorin South local government areas and all of them are paid from the funds. Has anyone of them complained?

So, those people are making unfounded allegations and not telling the truth. What concerns me now is how to make the government succeed and I want to congratulate the governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on his first anniversary in office. He has been trying to make life easy for the people. He has renovated roads and provided us with good drinking water. He is paying salaries of workers as and when due. We have to support him so that he can do more for the people. I also want to commend him for the way he has handled and curtailed the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. We will continue to support him.

What advice do you have for the government?

First, I want to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing our son, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, as his Chief of Staff. We believe he will use his experience to improve the government. The Emir of Ilorin appreciates the President. I also congratulate the President on his first anniversary in office for his second term.

I want to advise our governor to focus on governance by providing more of dividends of democracy. He should build more roads, and provide water, electricity and other things that would make life better for the people. He should not allow political jobbers to divert his attention.

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Lalasticlala

Hausa-Fulani beating them black and blue since the dawn of times..

Na wa o

The Fulani were never indigenous land owners in Nigeria.

They need to be excised out of Nigeria or consumed by the indigenous land owners and sent back to the Futa Djallon, or made irrelevant in the scheme of things.

Yarriba cowards can't do anything,Fulani's have taken all there land,even Lagos will not go with odua republic whatever century they actualise it.currently Now they have emir in Lagos ,settling land disputes and other things among northeners.at least the Igbo's have gone to war and still going to do much damage if we don't get Biafra but yarribas have never done anything in there life,even a single protest,what type of cowards are this..all they do is betray us that haven't done anything to them,don't worry our payback will be brutal...

This obsessed OSU people seems to know more about the stories and affairs of the Yoruba people than they know themselves.

This Obsessions is one of the major reason why Biafra can NEVER exist.

OsuIgboIpob:
This obsessed OSU people seems to know more about the stories and affairs of the Yoruba people than they know themselves.

This Obsessions is the reason why Biafra can never exist.

Was the reason Alimi defeated Afonja?

mystery22:
Yarriba cowards can't do anything,Fulani's have taken all there land,even Lagos will not go with odua republic whatever century they actualise it.currently Now they have emir in Lagos ,settling land disputes and other things among northeners.at least the Igbo's have gone to war and still going to do much damage if we don't get Biafra but yarribas have never done anything in there life,even a single protest,what type of cowards are this..all they do is betray us that haven't done anything to them,don't worry our payback will be brutal...

Ndigbo were in Jonathan's government for five years but could not give Obodo Ndigbo Sea port and rail. Who is to blame?
You people should take responsibility just for once!

We value peace of mind and let the brain do the work. With Igbo gragra, wetin una don gain? Lost 3m innocent souls, python dance, marginalised with your 41m population, removed and relegated to 4th citizen. you see you are the same with the Yoruba.

Haven't you read the book. Eboe: The lost tribe of Israel


Around 1300BC during Moses time. The slaves were developing Egypt then, the blacks among them are Eboes (changed to Igbos by the settlers they met in South East). These blacks are hard workers, they built pyramid, built almost everything. Then Moses came to liberate them from the hardship. They ran toward the red sea.

Moses divided the red sea and every tribes of Israel crossed but Eboe were holding Egyptian army back. They were the last to cross the sea. But Moses couldn't hold it any longer. So the sea closed while the Eboes were still crossing it. The water then brought them all the way from Egypt to River Niger where they settle down in South East

OsuIgboIpob:
This obsessed OSU people seems to know more about the stories and affairs of the Yoruba people than they know themselves.

This Obsessions is the reason why Biafra can never exist.

Do they have history? None of them know where they migrated from. villagers putting mouth in empire things

OsuIgboIpob:
This obsessed OSU people seems to know more about the stories and affairs of the Yoruba people than they know themselves.

This Obsessions is the reason why Biafra can never exist.

Osu are people from Osun state south west Nigeria.

mystery22:
Yarriba cowards can't do anything,Fulani's have taken all there land,even Lagos will not go with odua republic whatever century they actualise it.currently Now they have emir in Lagos ,settling land disputes and other things among northeners.at least the Igbo's have gone to war and still going to do much damage if we don't get Biafra but yarribas have never done anything in there life,even a single protest,what type of cowards are this..all they do is betray us that haven't done anything to them,don't worry our payback will be brutal...

Nuff said.

MinorityOpinion:




We value peace of mind and let the brain do the work. With Igbo gragra, wetin una don gain? Lost 3m innocent souls, python dance, marginalised with your 41m population, removed and relegated to 4th citizen. you see you are the same with the Yoruba.

was Jonathan igbo man? Keep listing Audio achievements,when your fathers keep wailing at lad I po and other places,we will keep fighting till we get Biafra,we are not born slaves like you things..forget false media,we are far ahead of you people..abiola was killed yet nothing happened no even a single protest..chai legendary cowards..Biafra vs odua,odua won't see our back..we are the most intelligent,both good and bad...if we get Biafra the bad will reduced drastically just like China..we are not mates and you things knows it,little wonder you keep back stabbing our Biafra struggle.

MinorityOpinion:




We value peace of mind and let the brain do the work. With Igbo gragra, wetin una don gain? Lost 3m innocent souls, python dance, marginalised with your 41m population, removed and relegated to 4th citizen. you see you are the same with the Yoruba.

was Jonathan an igbo man? Keep listing Audio achievements,when your fathers keep wailing at ladipo and other places,we will keep fighting till we get Biafra,we are not born slaves like you things..forget false media,we are far ahead of you people..abiola was killed yet nothing happened no even a single protest..chai legendary cowards..Biafra vs odua,odua won't see our back..we are the most intelligent in africa..both the good and the bad...if we get Biafra, the bad will reduced drastically just like what happened in China..we are not mates and you things knows it,little wonder you keep back stabbing our Biafra struggle.

If Yoruba people can focus on how to take back kwara state and leave south south igbos the better for them.

Kwara has been part of the North from time immemorial. Alfa Alimi had settled that during his Jihad; it is part of the land conquered when he was propagating Islam. Ilorin Emirate is part of the place he acquired and it is not part of the South-West

Humn!

I agree

Kwara is Fulani land Yoruba land grabbers keep off.

The truth is Yoruba's grabbed some land they settled in by force before independence and no one complained.So when the Fulani's took over kwara by force.Why are they complaining?
The fact that Fulani's occupied that land before the white man came and before independence makes it there's legitimately.

The Fulani's should make fulfude a compulsory language and curtail any Yoruba influence before lies turn to truth.If u ask them they will tell u that the Emir speak Yoruba and answer Yoruba names which makes kwara Yoruba land.

Really!?
The way I'm seeing this issue, Yorubas should kiss Ilorin and other areas of Kwara and Kogi goodbye. The fulanis have completely entrenched their hold on these places that they can't possibly let go, even if Nigeria breaks. The guy is even saying that those Yorubas complaining are settlers

This is nothing but see-finish, and they know can't do anything about it. This is really sad, you took over their ancestral lands, imposed your own people to be rulling over them and when they complain, you tell them to go to hell Honest to God, this nonsense can't happen on any part of Igboland.

Tranquillity360:
Osu are people from Osun state south west Nigeria.

Lol
Keep fooling yourself

Anytime we call their name, THEY ANSWER PRESENT SIR!

MinorityOpinion:
Haven't you read the book. Eboe: The lost tribe of Israel


Around 1300BC during Moses time. The slaves were developing Egypt then, the blacks among them are Eboes (changed to Igbos by the settlers they met in South East). These blacks are hard workers, they built pyramid, built almost everything. Then Moses came to liberate them from the hardship. They ran toward the red sea.

Moses divided the red sea and every tribes of Israel crossed but Eboe were holding Egyptian army back. They were the last to cross the sea. But Moses couldn't hold it any longer. So the sea closed while the Eboes were still crossing it. The water then brought them all the way from Egypt to River Niger where they settle down in South East

bloody little achebe, always fictitious.
Get real bro.

Osagyefo98:

Was the reason Alimi defeated Afonja?

Alimi never defeated Afonja
Afonja was assainated in Palace coup.

Osagyefo98:
Hausa-Fulani beating them black and blue since the dawn of times..

Yorubas have fought Fulanis twice and defetead them.
Fulanis has never defeated Yoruba.

Dem no born you well to say pim before the fulanis, if they won't scatter your properties in the north

mystery22:
was Jonathan an igbo man? Keep listing Audio achievements,when your fathers keep wailing at lad I po and other places,we will keep fighting till we get Biafra,we are not born slaves like you things..forget false media,we are far ahead of you people..abiola was killed yet nothing happened no even a single protest..chai legendary cowards..Biafra vs odua,odua won't see our back..we are the most intelligent in africa..both the good and the bad...if we get Biafra, the bad will reduced drastically just like what happened in China..we are not mates and you things knows it,little wonder you keep back stabbing our Biafra struggle.

Rite foods is owned by Igbos?

Eleganzer us owned by igbos?



Doyin groups is owned by igbos?

mystery22:
Yarriba cowards can't do anything,Fulani's have taken all there land,even .

Oga, Na mouth you get, you can't do shi shi.

Dem no born you well to say pim before the fulanis, , if they won't destroy your properties.

Yorubas has fought the fulanis in an open war twice and they were defeated.

OsuIgboIpob:
This obsessed OSU people seems to know more about the stories and affairs of the Yoruba people than they know themselves.

This Obsessions is one of the major reason why Biafra can NEVER exist.

You don't know the definition of Obsession, your Moniker is IPOB, showing how vulnerable you're.

The man speaking is a Northerner. Stop playing games with the truth. We fought, didn't loose any part of our land to Fulanis. But you couldn't even muster the gut to stand a people that took your land.

Sammy07:


Oga, Na mouth you get, you can't do shi shi.

Dem no born you well to say pim before the fulanis, , if they won't destroy your properties.

Yorubas has fought the fulanis in an open war twice and they were defeated.

which open war yarribas and chest beating self.or you mean they defeated you,from Oyo empire to kwara and now Lagos Fulani's have always defeated you guys.currently there is an emir in Lagos settling land disputes and other things among the northeners, history keep repeating itself but you people don't learn,keep backstabbing our Biafra struggle,our payback will be brutal..we have gone to war with the Fulani and defeated them even Yoruba media acknowledge that,murtala ran for his dear life..it was only by the help of the British,Egypt and Russian and nigerians that we lost the war.Fulani's are not our mate in anything..Biafra vs odua who will be more advanced? and who is more afraid of staying alone now...

mystery22:
Yarriba cowards can't do anything,Fulani's have taken all there land,even Lagos will not go with odua republic whatever century they actualise it.currently Now they have emir in Lagos ,settling land disputes and other things among northeners.at least the Igbo's have gone to war and still going to do much damage if we don't get Biafra but yarribas have never done anything in there life,even a single protest,what type of cowards are this..all they do is betray us that haven't done anything to them,don't worry our payback will be brutal...

. For a fact, ur not ibo. Stop stoking tribal sentiments here. People are wiser.

Conquered people

OsuIgboIpob:
This obsessed OSU people seems to know more about the stories and affairs of the Yoruba people than they know themselves.

This Obsessions is one of the major reason why Biafra can NEVER exist.

Ur ejaculations can not be complete without mentioning the ibos. We know ur not a Yoruba. Desist hencefort from stoking tribal war on this forum.

dangermouse:
. For a fact, ur not ibo. Stop stoking tribal sentiments here. People are wiser.

igbo not ibo.you are a Yoruba boy so I understand why you will become blind to your Yoruba brother's insult to ndigbo but get angry when I reply,betrayals...I am a proud igbo boy unlike your brothers who claim "we south south" to insult us...

dangermouse:
Ur ejaculations can not be complete without mentioning the ibos. We know ur not a Yoruba. Desist hencefort from stoking tribal war on this forum.

Lol!

Indeed, I have been vindicated again.

Anytime we call their name, They answer PRESENT SIR!

OsuIgboIpob:
This obsessed OSU people seems to know more about the stories and affairs of the Yoruba people than they know themselves.

This Obsessions is one of the major reason why Biafra can NEVER exist.

If you're truly Yoruba then you should be sad over what is happening in Illorin. These lands were supposed to be your ancestral lands, inherited from your forefathers but has been taken over by Invaders. Even Ojukwu volunteered to help you guys get it back from them but your leaders lacked the courage to close ranks with Ojukwu but instead chickened out.

Is this not the worst form of modern day slavery.